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    Longtime sex offender Johnathan Tamihana will now be behind bars indefinitely - following two separate attacks at a South Auckland reserve

    Longtime sex offender Johnathan Tamihana will now be behind bars indefinitely - following two separate attacks at a South Auckland reserve


    Tamihana followed a French backpacker into the reserve in 2023 and strangled and indecently assaulted her.

    Eleven months later, he attacked a jogger at the same reserve and attempted to rape her.

    The 33-year-old will now be returned to prison indefinitely, following a rare sentence of preventive detention in Auckland's High Court this week.

    Tamihana first went to prison at age 19 for sexually abusing a 13 year old, and has been out of prison only for a total of 24 months since then.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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