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Despite fears he will offend again, an 82 year old
Rapist, Ronald Van der Plaat who kept his own daughter as a sex slave
for 23 years and raped her while her head was in a box has been freed
from prison in New Zealand.
Rapist, Ronald Van der Plaat who kept his own daughter as a sex slave
for 23 years and raped her while her head was in a box has been freed
from prison in New Zealand.
Ronald, known as one of New Zealand’s most dreaded rapists, was sent to prison for 15 years for sexual abuse of his daughter.
He
kept his daughter as a sex slave for 23 years of her life and would
hang her up by her ankles or lock her head in a box with a padlock
before raping her.
kept his daughter as a sex slave for 23 years of her life and would
hang her up by her ankles or lock her head in a box with a padlock
before raping her.
He has now been freed
from prison and released to his Te Atatu address, where he abused Ms
Darke, his daughter, amid fears he could commit rape offences again.
from prison and released to his Te Atatu address, where he abused Ms
Darke, his daughter, amid fears he could commit rape offences again.
He was briefly released in 2010, but was sent back to jail two years later after being seen ‘walking beside an Asian girl holding her hand’ at a museum in Auckland.
The court conditions of his release means he must wear a GPS bracelet, he cannot leave his home between the hours of 10pm and 6am every day and has a ban on going to places where children younger than 16 may frequent.
This includes, parks, kindergartens, schools, childcare centres and libraries.
Operations
Director Northern Region Lynette Cave said Van der Plaat will be
subject to ‘nine standard and 12 special release conditions for a period
of six months’, but residents in the area fear he could begin his
raping spree.
Director Northern Region Lynette Cave said Van der Plaat will be
subject to ‘nine standard and 12 special release conditions for a period
of six months’, but residents in the area fear he could begin his
raping spree.
‘There are real and just
concerns in the community about the risk this man poses to the safety of
vulnerable people given his appalling behaviour and the circumstances
when he was last released,’ Te Atatu MP Phil Twyford said.
concerns in the community about the risk this man poses to the safety of
vulnerable people given his appalling behaviour and the circumstances
when he was last released,’ Te Atatu MP Phil Twyford said.
The
abuse of Ms Darke, who waved her right to privacy, started when she was
only nine years old and continued until she was in her 30s.
abuse of Ms Darke, who waved her right to privacy, started when she was
only nine years old and continued until she was in her 30s.
She also wrote a book about her ordeal called Flight of the Dancing Bird.
Source: Daily Mail
