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David Hockley

Alias

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Offences

Rape and sexual abuse of a young Dunedin girl from 1985 when she was 12 until 1989
Charges of rape, indecent assault and possessing a pornographic video

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1939

Current Location

At large

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 7 years 6 months in September 2008
Reduced to 6 years 4 months on appeal
Eligible for parole 20th April 2011
Since released

Background
NZ Herald story here
Otago Daily Times story here
Friday, 26th Sep 2008
The former Master of the Bells at Dunedin's First Church has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for prolonged and predatory sexual offending against a young girl in the 1980s. David Hockley (69), raped the girl the day before she started high school in 1985. He continued to sexually abuse her up to six times a week for several years, often in the attic of First Church where he had taken her for bell-ringing lessons. Justice French told Hockley in the High Court in Dunedin today there were no mitigating features about the offending.

She said the statement the victim read to the court was "an absolutely shocking account" of the incalculable harm Hockley had caused. But she gave him credit for pleading guilty to the charges of rape, indecent assault and possessing a pornographic video which he often made the victim watch during the offending.

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