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Nathan Allan Wiremu Finch

Alias

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Offences

Indecent assault of two Christchurch women in January 2008
Prior indecent assault conviction in 2004

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1981

Current Location

unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to twelve months in February 2008

Background
From Christchurch Press story 1st March 2008
A man who randomly indecently assaulted two women in central Christchurch has been jailed for a year. Nathan Allan Wiremu Finch, 27, was sentenced in the Christchurch District Court yesterday on two charges of indecent assault and one of unlawfully taking a motor vehicle. He was convicted and discharged on a charge of petrol theft. Finch admitted indecently assaulting the two women in central Christchurch early on January 31.

He approached a 47-year-old woman walking along Colombo Street and grabbed her bottom. Then he grabbed a 60-year-old's breast. Defence counsel Leuatea Iosefa said Finch accepted that he had no excuse for his bad, drunken behaviour. The pre-sentence report highlighted concerns about Finch's use of alcohol and other substances, he said.

Judge Raoul Neave said it was a concern that this was not the first time Finch had appeared in court on these sorts of charges. Finch had previously been convicted in 2004 after he indecently assaulted a woman in central Christchurch. He was jailed for 15 months for that offence.

The judge said that while the assaults last month did not cause physical injuries they would have been extremely distressing to the women involved. Finch had written letters of apology to the two women which were to be passed on through the police.

The judge granted Finch leave to apply for home detention if a suitable address could be found. He hoped Finch would be able to at least start a rehabilitation programme while in prison. Finch was already doing community work and supervision and those sentences will continue after his release.

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