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Article: Woman 'enraged' when 'sex victim' left for Australia
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- The Press
- Article date:
- July 30, 2003
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A middle-aged woman flew into a rage when the young man she is
alleged to have molested left for Australia in 1997, the High Court
in Christchurch was told yesterday.
Her alleged victim told the court he saw the move as "my ticket
out".
The sexual violation complainant told Justice Panckhurst and a
jury that he wished to quit the sport that had brought him into
contact with the woman, break off the relationship, and get out of
the country.
But his move triggered a reaction from the woman he had been
staying with that surprised the young man's mother, who gave evidence
yesterday.
The woman -- a friend of hers for several years -- came to her
house, flinging the door open so hard the glass ...