Deportation for incest

Press, 25 February 1987, Page 6

Deportation for incest

Incest, a serious crime, usually attracted a prison sentence, but in the present circumstances there were unusual features, said Judge Pain in the District Court yesterday. A man, aged 25, who admitted committing the offence with his halfsister between February 11 and 17, was given a six month deferred sentence and ordered to be deported back to the Netherlands.

While awaiting deportation the defendant was ordered to have no contact with his half-sister.

The whole experience, he said, must have been an ordeal for the defendant who did not speak the language, and had already

spent a week in custody. Counsel, Mr J. J. Brandts-Giesen, said his client was in possession of an air ticket and intended to leave New Zealand as soon as possible.

He submitted the matter could be dealt with by way of a suspended sentence coupled with deportation. COMMUNITY CARE

Community care for six months was ordered to be carried out by a man appearing for sentence on six offences of indecent exposure. It was clear the defendant’s conduct was indicative of a personal problem that he was unable to cope with. It was imperative that

expert help be given if the problem was to be overcome, said the Judge. Peter Kenneth Joyce, aged 34, a musician (Mr Brandts-Giesen) committed the offences over three days in December. Joyce indecently exposed himself to six different women after first stopping his vehicle and asking them for directions.

Mr Brandts-Giesen said his dient committed the offences while under considerable stress at the break-up of his marriage. Joyce apologised, through the court, to the women. He was unable to give a rational explanation for his behaviour, he said.