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57-year-old who fled the country jailed for nine years after rape

Otago Daily Times Online News·Wednesday, 6 May 2026·6 months ago
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By Tracy Neal, Open Justice multimedia journalist

Warning: This story refers to rape and sexual assault and may be upsetting to some readers

A teenage girl who sought a shoulder to cry on after breaking up with her boyfriend was then raped by the man consoling her.

The moment was a turning point in the teen’s life, which for almost six years had been blackened by the rapes committed regularly by Mohammed Aziz.

The 57-year-old was sentenced in the Nelson District Court today to nine years in jail on a representative charge of rape and a charge of possession of an objectionable publication.

He was charged after returning to New Zealand more than a year after fleeing when police began an investigation.

Judge Tony Snell cut him little slack in the sternly delivered sentence watched by the victim while embraced in the hug of a support person.

“I can say little more than you have physically and psychologically harmed her in the worst ways possible,” Judge Snell said.

“It’s harm that will go on and on for…

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