Home invasions not uncommon, says judge in jailing predatory teenage rapist
Tuesday, July 26, 2016 - 22:15
A woman is entitled to feel safe in her own home. Home invasion accompanied by sexual offending is not uncommon in Tonga possibly as a consequence of the limited security many homes have, a Supreme Court judge said when sentencing Paneti Sa (18) to five-years imprisonment for the predatory and callous crime when he raped a 27-year-old pregnant woman in her own home in Tongatapu, last year.
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Is it me or does this
Is it me or does this sentence seem inadequate? I believe he should have been handed a longer prison term considering the range of the offence, break and enter, rape in the first degree, deprived of liberty, assault and battery etc.
Sadly Tongan society has gone
Sadly Tongan society has gone from one where a crime of this nature was unknown, completely unacceptable and vilified (also rare) to where excuses start to be made for this type of behavior. It's irrelevant whose family this perpetrator comes from - he needs to be held accountable. On any scale a crime of this nature is despicable and at the top end - rape of a pregnant women, in the presence of her children with threats. This person may be out in less than 3 years and he may be your neighbor.
"Possibly as a consequence of
"Possibly as a consequence of the limited security many homes have"??!?!?!?!? NO: it's a consequence of RAPISTS. Don't blame the victim in any way. - Virginie Dourlet