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Offender Databases Benjamin Mangirane

Benjamin Mangirane

Alias

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Offences

Kidnapping and indecent assault of a seven year old Wellington girl in March 2009
Earlier charges for indecent exposure in a school playground

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1988

Current Location

At large

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 12 months with automatic release after 6 months in August 2009

Background
From Dominion Post story Aug 29th 2009
A man who tried to kidnap a seven- year-old girl has been made a special patient to continue getting help for his mental health problems. In Wellington District Court yesterday, Judge Peter Butler jailed Benjamin Mangirane, 21, unemployed, for a year but made the order that he be detained in a hospital to receive treatment for schizophrenia.

Mangirane had pleaded guilty to kidnapping, indecent assault, trespass, breach of community work and supervision, disorderly Behaviour and three charges of doing an indecent act.

In March, Mangirane had gone up to the girl in Britomart St, Berhampore, picked her up, put her over his shoulder and began walking off. Bystanders stopped him and told him to put the girl down when she began kicking and screaming. The indecent assault had to come from Mangirane touching her bottom when he picked her up, the judge said.

Earlier in the year Mangirane had been identified as a man who was seen touching himself in a school playground and around Berhampore. His schizophrenia was made worse by alcohol and cannabis and he was at a high risk of reoffending unless he got treatment, the judge said. Mangirane, born in Rwanda and raised in Uganda, had suffered a tragic separation of his family and a disjointed life.

The girl found it distressing and and terrifying but the charges were at the lower end of the scale of offending, the judge said. Lawyer John Miller said Mangirane's father had been trying to get his son help for some time. Mr Miller said there was no subterfuge or planning and Mangirane put her down as soon as he was told.

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