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Robert Arthur Weir

Alias

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Offences

Doing an indecent act on a six year old girl and inducing her to do an indecent act (x3) between January and March 2005

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1971

Current Location

At large

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 16 months with automatic release after 8 months in May 2009

Background
From the Northern Advocate 25th May 2009
A Whangarei man who pleaded guilty to sexual offences against a 6-year-old girl has been jailed for 16 months. Robert Arthur Weir, 38, appeared for sentencing in Whangarei District Court yesterday on one charge of doing an indecent act on a girl below 12 years of age and three counts of inducing a girl below 12 to do an indecent act. The incidents happened at a home in in the central North Island between January and March 2005.

Crown prosecutor Mike Smith and defence lawyer John Watson both agreed that a short prison term was appropriate for such offences. Mr Watson said his client regretted what he did. Judge Keith de Ridder said Weir was an adult and the victim a child. He said a victim-impact statement - tendered in court at the eleventh hour - indicated it took the girl a long time to heal after the offences.

Judge de Ridder said the girl became withdrawn after the incidents, found difficulty relating to people and became suspicious of others. He said a probation report described Weir as having a disrupted upbringing and he had left school at the age of 16. Weir suffered from medical problems and had limited insight of his offending, beyond accepting responsibility for his actions, Judge de Ridder said.

He said courts would have to deter others from offending in the way Weir had done. The judge fixed a starting point of two years and reduced the sentence to 16 months because Weir pleaded guilty and did not have previous convictions. He was ordered to attend any counselling, programmes or courses as directed to by a probation officer until six months after his release.

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