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Joseph Stephenson Thompson

Alias

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Offences

Convicted of 48 rapes, 15 unlawful sexual connections, 10 attempts to commit sexual violation by rape and 5 abductions, all relating to 49 victims including a number of minors over a 25 year period.
Also 40 burglary charges, 6 unlawful entry charges, plus a number of assault charges as well as a number of drink-driving and theft charges

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

none known

Gang affiliations

Stormtroopers (Otara)

Age

Born 1958

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Jailed for a minimum 25 years non-parole in August 1995
Unsuccessfully appealed this sentence in May 1996

Background
From Brian Harmer's WYSIWYG News July 1995
Joseph Stephenson Thompson, 36, a cleaner and storeman from Mt Albert pleaded guilty to a 129 charges of which 71 were of a sexual nature. The youngest of his victims was aged 10, the oldest 43. Thirty-two of his offences were against people who were 16 or younger. His family were apparently taken by surprise when Thompson was charged, having no idea of his nocturnal habits. He made some remarks which likened his need for sexual gratification to the fact that when he was hungry for a feed, he went into the kitchen and got one.

He has cooperated fully with the police since his arrest, having confessed to a significant number of crimes which the police did not know about. Several of these were rapes, about which no complaints had been laid. Several of the victims were raped more than once on different occasions.

Mr Justice Fisher sentenced Thompson in the High Court in Auckland to the most severe penalty for any crime since the abolition of capital punishment. For the offences committed before 1 September 1993, Thompson gets a fixed jail term of 30 years. For the later offences, he is sentenced to preventive detention with a minimum of 25 years before he is eligible to be considered for parole. The judge told Thomas that it was quite possible that he would spend the rest of his life in prison.

Also see this excellent article at crime.co.nz

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