Man awaits verdict in assault of stepdaughter's rapist
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Save A man on trial in Wellington District Court for allegedly assaulting his step-daughter's rapist. Photo/File
A jury is deciding the fate of a man on trial for allegedly assaulting his 15-year-old stepdaughter's rapist.
Members of the jury have gone into deliberation at Wellington District Court this morning.
Jason Haward was convicted of raping the girl at Paraparaumu Beach last year and was sentenced to seven
years' jail.
During the stepfather's trial the court was told he saw Haward walking down a road in Paraparaumu after the crime.
The court heard the man leaped from his car and punched Haward repeatedly in the head and face, and head-butted him.