A sex criminal attacked two women while he was on parole and
under Corrections Department supervision.
Andre Charles Port was released from prison in November 2007
after serving 10 years for sex attacks on women. The release
was under strict parole supervision for six months but three
days before the supervision conditions ended, in May 2008,
Port attacked a woman in the changing rooms at the ASB Tennis
Centre in Auckland, the New Zealand Herald reported today.
He fled when she fought back but a fortnight later he
abducted a nurse at knifepoint in the Auckland suburb of
Epsom. She escaped and Port, 31, fled in her car but was
arrested.
Port was found guilty of both attacks and is to be sentenced
in the High Court at Auckland next week.
After his release his parole conditions meant he could not
leave his residence without the supervision of an approved
adult but the Corrections Department said those conditions
were relaxed a few days before his parole was due to end on
May 13.
Port had a history of sexual offending and after he had
punched a woman and assaulted another in a shower at the YMCA
he told police he "wanted to hurt women".
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