Threat to family as woman raped

Waikato Times Last updated 12:00 24/09/2010

A Waikato man who assaulted and raped a woman in her own home threatened to harm the victim's family if she reported the attack.

Tekauhanganui Mahara was sentenced yesterday in the Hamilton District Court to 6 1/2-years' jail after pleading guilty to sexual violation by rape and injuring with intent to injure.

Mahara, 23, was served with a first warning under the new "three strikes" law after pleading guilty to the two charges.

The court was told how Mahara attacked his victim inside her home on June 9, in full view of the woman's terrified child.

Mahara slapped the woman about the face before pushing her against a wall and punching her.

The woman suffered two black eyes and a broken nose.

Judge Glen Marshall described the attack as particularly serious and violent. Mahara had taken offending of this type "right to the very extreme".

From: http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/4164289/Threat-to-family-as-woman-raped