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David John Knox

Alias

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Offences

Inducing two girls aged 9 and 11 to do an indecent act with him (x3), being naked with young girls and getting them to be naked with him (x2) and getting a young girl to video him while he masturbated

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1960

Current Location

Unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 5 months plus 12 weeks concurrent on all these charges in April 2005
Released 20th June 2005, having served just 10 weeks
To be updated

Background
From Hawkes Bay Today April 2005
A Hastings man has been sentenced to five months in prison after admitting getting a young girl to film him with a video camera while he masturbated. Name suppression was lifted on David John Knox, 45, unemployed, when he appeared in the Hastings District Court yesterday.

Knox had earlier pleaded guilty to three charges of inducing young girls to do an indecent act with him in February this year. Two of the charges related to a game of "truth or dare" that culminated in two girls running around in their underwear, and then completely naked. At one point Knox was also naked.

The third charge was laid after Knox got one of the girls to film him masturbating. Defence counsel Tony Snell said there had not been any touching in any of the incidents, and added that Knox had been drunk at the time. Mr Snell said although the video-taping was "repugnant, shameful conduct" it had not been directed at the child involved, but rather at Knox's extranged partner.

The offending had occurred at a time when Knox had personal difficulties, including being a long term alcoholic, suffering from depression, and struggling to cope with both the death of his mother and the end of his previous relationship, Mr Snell said. Mr Snell read a statement from Knox to the court, sayingh he was "devastated" by what had happened.

Judge Phillip Cornell sentenced Knox to five months in prison on the third charge, and six weeks in prison on each of the other two charges. Leave to apply for home detention was granted.

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