Source: Radio New Zealand
RNZ / Nate McKinnon
A man has been found guilty of sexually violating a teenager at his Canterbury bach over 30 years ago.
The victim, who was aged about 18 at the time of the offending, told the Christchurch District Court he was so intoxicated when he was assaulted he thought he might have been drugged.
A jury unanimously found the 68-year-old guilty on Friday afternoon following a week-long trial.
The man’s name suppression will be revisited by the court next week.
Judge Paul Kellar remanded the man in custody.
The judge thanked the jury for their service, saying he could tell they had not found the process easy.
“It is very difficult to sit in judgement on someone. It’s my job and I still don’t find it easy,” Judge Kellar said.
The victim gave evidence that when he was a teenager he would regularly meet with the older man after school to smoke marijuana at the man’s house.
The victim knew the man was gay but had no concerns the man’s motivations were sexual until the night of the attack, the victim said.
The man will be sentenced in May.
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