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Robin David Saltrese

Alias

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Offences

Sodomy and 7 other charges of indecency boys aged 11 and 10 on a number of separate occasions in 1996

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1979

Current Location

currently at large

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 4 years in February 1997

Background
From the Dominion, Feb 22, 1997
THE sodomy of an 11-year-old boy brought schoolboy Robin David Saltrese, 18, four years' jail when he appeared for sentence in the High Court at Wellington yesterday. Justice Heron said reports indicated Saltrese was a committed homosexual who was likely to re-offend and a jail sentence was needed to protect other boys from his predatory behaviour. Saltrese had previously pleaded guilty to the sodomy and seven other indecency charges involving boys aged 11 and 10 in four separate incidents.

The judge said these offences had happened late last year despite a police warning to Saltrese after an incident involving a boy about two months previously. There was also some suggestion that like-minded adults with access to pornography had already influenced him. Reports indicated Saltrese was determined to continue his lifestyle, intended to impose his homosexuality on others, and his attitudes would be difficult to shift. The judge told Saltrese that if he did not curb his desire for boys he would be back before the courts, suffer long periods in jail, and as a paedophile would be shunned by society and by the jail population.

Saltrese had been assaulted while on remand in Rimutaka jail, though as a sentenced prisoner his situation should improve. "If you are indeed homosexual you will have to confine your activities to like-minded adults and not children," Justice Heron said. The judge said that with normal remission Saltrese would serve 32 months of his sentence and he recommended that he be given psychological help in prison and go on a special course for sexual offenders. The judge refused to suppress his name despite a submission from his parents that they feared their employment might be affected if his name was published.

"Any employer would be well advised to think long and hard before they took any action on that basis," the judge said. It was in the public interest that Saltrese's name should be freely available to schools and similar institutions so other children could be protected. The judge said Saltrese had acted in a bullying, predatory and coercive way toward the boys, who were already vulnerable, being in Social Welfare care. Defence lawyer Val Nisbet said the case was a tragedy for Saltrese and his family as well as the victims. He said jail would be disastrous for Saltrese because the treatment he needed was available only in the outside community.

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