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BREAKING NEWS:
Two former escort agency owners have been found guilty of raping a teenager who went on to become an underage prostitute in their stable.
A jury in the High Court at Wellington today found Gary John Duffin and Sharyn Lee Hills guilty of rape, but acquitted them on two charges of sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection which alleged oral sex with Hills. .
Duffin, 54, is the biological father of Karla Cardno, a 13-year-old Lower Hutt girl, abducted, raped and murdered in 1989.
Both were remanded in custody for sentencing on November 13, when they will also be sentenced on 10 charges of supplying cannabis to three people under the age of 18, to which they pleaded guilty partway through their trial this week.
As well as the guilty verdict on the rape charge Duffin was found guilty of two indecent assaults on thegirl aged 14 or 15.30pm.
The jury considered itsverdicts for five and a half hours, delivering them at 5.
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The big switch from driving on the right-hand side of the road to the left in Samoa appears to have gotten off to a smooth start today.
Yesterday, the island’s wooden beach fales sat empty and battened down. It was silent, except for drumming rain.The streets were deserted, save for a few mangy cats and dogs.
Sleepy Samoa switched from driving on the right to driving on the left earlier today, something not attempted in any country for decades.
It almost appeared that a category 5 cyclone was on the way.
Samoa’s colourful Cuban open-side (left-hand drive) buses have been taken off the road for a month, their drivers protesting that they’re not paid enough to risk the switch. In Samoa, the Switch has been the only topic of conversation, and it has brought life on the two islands to a halt. They’re not the only ones complaining.
They’re also unhappy their doors will now be on the wrong side of the road.
Lobby group PASS (People Against Switching Sides) even took a court case against the government to try to stop the move. There’s been a national outcry.
Resort owners are clearing out their rooms, urging holidaymakers to head to the ferry or risk being stranded and missing their flights home.
Angry villagers on Savaii are planning to block the main road leading to the ferry terminal for the next two days, stranding tourists and stopping the flow of supplies around the island.
In quieter Savaii they’ll hunker down until the worst is over.
Some residents have fled Apia, fearing carnage on the roads today. Four have urgent business in China in coming days.
Escape seems to have been on the minds of several government ministers, too.
From today, liquor outlets are not allowed to sell alcohol for a week.
An example of how seriously Samoans are taking the Switch is the booze ban.
Nightclubs have also been closed, and the next two days have been designated public holidays.
Presumably, to help drivers focus. At 4am today, all radio and television stations were tobegin broadcasting reminders.
An official notice in the newspaper explains what would happen earlier today.30am, the Reverend Oka Fauolo, chairman of the National Council of Churches, would offer a prayer.30am, the Reverend Oka Fauolo, chairman of the National Council of Churches, would offer a prayer.
At 5.50am, all vehicles were to stop and remain idle for 10 minutes.
At 6am, everyonewas to driveto the other side of the road, and wait for a further 10 minutes. At 6.10am, everyone was to drive off. . No-one believes this is going to go smoothly.
“There are going to be crashes, no question,” a taxi driver says, shaking his head. “People are going to die.”