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Offender Databases Raymond Vince

Raymond Sidney Vince

Alias

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Offences

Indecent assault of two Temuka girls under twelve (x4) between 1977 and 1981, also rape, indecent assault (x2), doing an indecent act with girls (x2) and permitting a girl to do an indecent act upon him, all relating to offending on another two Temuka gilrs from 1977 to 1984

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1945

Current Location

unknown

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to eight years in September 2008

Background
TV3 News story here with a video clip
From the Dominion Post 26th August 2008
A FORMER Salvation Army officer has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two more girls, bringing the total number of victims to four. In Wellington District Court yesterday, Raymond Vince, 63, could have been freed on bail till his sentencing on September 26, but his lawyer, Val Nisbet, said Vince no longer wanted bail.

He had already admitted charges of indecent assault and permitting a girl to do an indecent act upon him. Yesterday he pleaded guilty to rape, two charges of indecent assault, two of doing an indecent act with girls and one of permitting a girl to do an indecent act upon him. The fresh charges related to the two new complainants. All of the charges date from 1977 to 1984. Vince resigned from the Salvation Army in 1997.

From the Dominion Post 29th May 2008
A former Salvation Army officer has pleaded guilty to sex offences dating back 30 years at a Temuka children's home. Raymond Vince, 63, appeared in Levin District Court yesterday facing four counts of indecent assault against two girls, then under the age of 12, while he worked at Bramwell Booth Home between 1977 and 1981. Levin Detective Constable Marianne Whitfield said two people made allegations against Vince last year. Police believed there could be more complainants and asked them to contact Levin police station.

Vince resigned from the Salvation Army in 1997 and has since worked as a drug and alcohol counsellor, most recently for Mid Central Health, based in Levin. After his guilty plea yesterday he was freed on bail to reappear in Wellington District Court on July 25 for sentencing. Defence lawyer Val Nisbet asked Judge Les Atkins if Vince's next appearance be in Wellington because he was so well known in Levin as a drug and alcohol counsellor. Vince is the second Salvation Army officer who worked at Bramwell Booth Home to come before the court charged with sex offences. Eighteen months ago, John Francis Gainsford, then 69, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on 22 sex offences committed over the two years in which he managed the home. The charges included three of rape and 19 of indecency.

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