“I hate him for doing this to me... I hate him for hating myself.
“I hate him for ruining my life and my childhood,” she said choking back tears.
“At the age of 9, you sexually assaulted me, and ever since I haven’t been the same.”
She said she now felt dirty, struggled to sleep, and became anxious when out in public or if a man stared at her for too long.
The 45-year-old was jailed for four-and-a-half years.
It would have been more but Cumming is already serving a five-and-a-half-year term for a charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, and Judge Crowley explained how he had to sentence him as though it were all happening at the same time.
The court heard Cumming picked up the victim, took her to a motel, and drugged her.
She doesn’t recall what happened.
He was convicted at trial of kidnapping and stupifying along with a charge of indecent assault for rubbing her thigh.
Judge Crowley said Cumming’s Section 27 report showed it was evident he had a dysfunctional and difficult upbringing and was exposed to deviant sexual behaviour as a young person.
Judge Crowley said Cumming should get some credit for his “wretched upbringing” and the loss of his son while he’s been in jail and being declined leave to attend the tangi.
After taking a starting point of six years and applying various discounts, he came to an end jail term of four-and-a-half-years.
