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Family members of an Auckland woman subjected to a brutal 4-1/2 hour rape in her home wept in court as a jury found the accused man guilty.
Roger Tira Kahui, 37, was found guilty of 26 charges, including sexual violation, indecent assault and kidnapping, this afternoon by the
jury of five women and seven men in the High Court in Auckland.
The woman was subjected to the sex attack in her Pukekohe home on June 13 last year.
As the foreman answered guilty to each of the charges, female family members of the victim broke down and had to cover their mouths to contain their sobs, hugging each other for support.
A male family member pointedly took off his jersey to reveal a white t-shirt with a red slogan reading: "Who's the bitch now".
Kahui showed no emotion as the verdicts were read, standing with his arms crossed and looking down.
An attempt by the Crown to get Kahui to acknowledge a "sizeable" list of prior convictions, mainly related to dishonesty charges, failed.
Kahui, armed with a claw hammer and scissors, forced his way into the victim's home after asking to use the phone.
Once inside, the victim, who cannot be identified, started screaming.
The woman was raped four times - once while being forced to watch and re-enact scenes from a pornographic film - and sexually violated in her bedroom and living room.
Kahui handcuffed the woman and attempted to drive her to an ATM machine to get money but she escaped and ran to a petrol station for help.
During the trial the jury was shown video footage of the woman, running into the petrol station with her hands still cuffed.
Police arrested Kahui the following week after police identified him through DNA left at the woman's house.
The woman, who gave evidence screened off from Kahui so she did not have to see him, told the jury she felt on most occasions during the ordeal that he was going kill her.
She said out of fear for her safety on most occasions she did what was asked of her.
Kahui maintained during the trial the woman had consented to the sexual assaults.
Kahui said he had gone to the woman's home to steal money to support his P habit.
Crown prosecutors said it was "ludicrous" to say the woman had given consent and said Kahui had been sexually motivated to attack the woman, in an attempt to dominate her both physically and mentally.
Justice Hugh Williams thanked the jury for what was at times "distasteful and unpleasant" evidence.
An initial sentencing date was changed after the Crown said they would be seek preventive detention for Kahui, a sentence requiring both psychology and psychiatric reports.
Kahui was remanded in custody for sentencing on October 12.
Family members declined to comment when approached outside the courtroom.
- NZPA
