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    A man who broke into a Dunedin student flat and violated a young woman could now face an open-ended prison term

    A man who broke into a Dunedin student flat and violated a young woman could now face an open-ended prison term


    Keith Andrew Wicks-Cairns has pleaded guilty to charges of burglary and unlawful sexual violation.

    He had previously denied a final charge of rape, but changed his stance today after the Crown dropped a strangulation charge.

    The 36-year-old now faces the possibility of preventive detention - without a defined end to his prison term - because of his history of sexual violence involving crimes against young girls.

    Wicks-Cairns will be sentenced in March.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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