Emani Saumadu Naivanawalu, 29, had no further treatment scheduled and had formulated a safety plan, the Parole Board said in a decision released to the Otago Daily Times yesterday.
He would likely be released into the custody of immigration officials in early November, after a meeting with his family had taken place.
Naivanawalu was jailed for three years eight months after pleading guilty to two charges of sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection and two charges of doing an indecent act on an under-16.
The sex attacks on the victim came just weeks apart, the Dunedin District Court heard at sentencing.
After a kava-drinking session with the victim’s parents in July 2021, Naivanawalu slipped into the boy’s bedroom and committed the first violation.
When the victim awoke, his attacker told him to ‘‘shut up’’.
Before leaving, Naivanawalu gave the boy his bank card telling him he could spend whatever he wanted as long as he did not tell his parents about what happened.
On another occasion, the man again woke the victim, this time apologising for his previous acts - but then asked if he could do it again.
Once the sexual assault was over, he told the boy he would buy him a computer and a phone, and left him with another bank card.
Despite his attempts to buy the victim’s silence, the boy eventually told his parents and Naivanawalu was charged by police.
The Parole Board heard the Rolleston Prison inmate had undertaken alcohol and drug counselling while behind bars, but was assessed as ‘‘unmotivated’’ to attend child-sex-offender treatment.
‘‘His explanation for that is that he would find it very difficult to stand up and confess things that he could not remember. Although he acknowledged the offending, he says he has no clear recollection of it,’’ panel convener Judge Gus Andree Wiltens said.
Naivanawalu had completed six sessions with a psychologist and there was no further rehabilitation recommended.
‘‘In the circumstances, with nothing further to be done for Mr Naivanawalu in custody, we see little point in him remaining in custody,’’ Judge Andree Wiltens said.
