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Leslie Joshua Ivamy

Alias

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Offences

Unlawful sexual connection (x4) with a girl under 16 in Picton between December 2009 and January 2010

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1979

Current Location

On home detention

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 8 months home detention and 125 hours community work in February 2012
Also directed to pay the victim $2000 for emotional harm

Background
Marlborough Express story here
Marlborough Express story 16th February 2012
A 32-year-old man who tried to get a girl, 13, to lie in court about their sexual encounters has been sentenced to home detention. Leslie Joshua Ivamy, a forestry worker, of Picton, was sentenced to eight months' home detention when he appeared in Blenheim District Court on Tuesday after admitting four charges of unlawful sexual connection with a girl under 16. He was also sentenced to 125 hours of community work and ordered to pay the girl $2000 for emotional harm. Ivamy had also been charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice. The charge was dropped, but it was agreed by the defence and the Crown that details surrounding the charge could be used during his sentencing.

Ivamy was about a week away from trial on the charges last year when he changed his plea to guilty. Judge Stephen Harrop said Ivamy had sex with the girl at his home four times between December 2009 and January 2010. Crown prosecutor Hugh Boyd-Wilson said the pair met at a supermarket, where they exchanged phone numbers. The girl told Ivamy she was 13, but he made a deliberate decision to continue contact, he said. Any suggestion the girl initiated the contact should be rejected, he said. Ivamy was older and should have put a stop to the contact. In the months leading up to the trial, Ivamy contacted the girl offering her money to lie in court and "smooth things over" for him, Mr Boyd-Wilson said.

Ivamy told her if she did not lie in court he would call witnesses who would darken her character, he said. Defence lawyer Jonathan Eaton said Ivamy's contact with the girl was not sinister. He was pleading with her not to go through with the trial and "do what he could to compensate her", Mr Eaton said. He did not make demands or threats to her, but was instead making a "genuine plea of desperation". He was afraid he would lose access to his children, which turned out to be the case since the charges and his name were made public, he said. He had just ended a long-term relationship at the time of the offending and was feeling fragile and found the girl's attention flattering. Ivamy would most likely lose his job, but had offered to pay her for emotional harm, he said.

Mr Eaton provided references from Ivamy's employer, a sports club, and his parents and partner. He had been on bail with a curfew for about eight months and also spent a week in custody. Judge Harrop said the contact before the trial made the girl feel terrible about telling police because she was scared he would lose his children. He asked Ivamy how he would feel if a man was in the dock for having sex with his daughter. "As a father of two girls you should have realised how wrong this was and you had the chance to stop it." Judge Harrop took into account Ivamy's otherwise good character, lack of convictions, remorse, and regret. He said he would be "astonished" if Ivamy was ever back in court.

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