Praise for the women who've helped get a psychopath jailed indefinitely
Praise for the women who've helped get a psychopath jailed indefinitely
6 June 2019
Richard Apperley has today been sentenced at the High Court in Wellington for multiple rapes and assaults against four women.
The 39-year-old has been given preventive detention, which allows him to be recalled to prison at any time.
Apperley was also jailed in 1998 in Palmerston North for kidnapping and raping a 15-year-old girl.
Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Haley Ryan has commended the bravery of the women who made complaints against Apperley.
She says they're aware more women may be yet to come forward.
Apperley has spent time living in Wellington, Horowhenua and Greymouth since the 1990s.
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