Women found guilty of sexual violation

Two women have made New Zealand legal history after a jury found them guilty of sexually violating another woman.

Suppression on the names of Kristina Rachael Oliver, 34, and Lynette Kaye Stewart, 37, ended with the guilty verdicts last night.

A Wellington District Court jury took eight hours to find Oliver and Stewart guilty of being a party to sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection, and Oliver of two charges of assault.

The couple were remanded on bail until sentencing on December 8.