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Sexual predator jailed for rape while on bail

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Raveen Saily (Inset).

Court delays in Rotorua and Tauranga, averaging 711 and 777 days for serious cases against a national average of 706 days, allowed sexual predator Raveen Saily to reoffend while on bail.

Lax monitoring of his restrictions on internet use, contact with minors, and nighttime movements also enabled him to groom and rape a 13-year-old in Rotorua.

These delays are said to be driven by rising complex cases, late guilty pleas, increased jury trials, unprepared parties, and staffing shortages, have prompted the Ministry of Justice to introduce a target to resolve 90% of such cases within 15 months, alongside improved resource allocation and scheduling.

Saily was sentenced to nine years and two months’ imprisonment in December 2024 for the rape and sexual violation of a 16-year-old girl in Tauranga. For the subsequent Rotorua offenses against a 13-year-old, he pleaded guilty last week to multiple charges, including grooming, sexual connection with a young person, sexual violation, and possessing objectionable material, with sentencing scheduled for December 17.

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6 COMMENTS

  1. BS.
    The delays are driven by the system itself because everyone involved is making more money the longer it takes.
    Secondly, the cases are more ‘complex’ because the woke police is (has to) prosecuting truly outrageous mee-too allegations.
    All sides are in it only for the money. It’s a friggin industy.

    • I suggest you ponder a bit more about how justice/society that you suggest would look like.
      I also suggest that the justice system ponders about how justice would look like if it fails society.

  2. A rapist on bail for raping rapes again while on bail. Hmmm, there is no mention af the name of the judge that granted bail? why? Is this not the first time that someone this judge bailed has reoffended while on bail?

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