Source: Women are Human
NZ — Dunedin, Otago. A serial sexual assailant who was imprisoned in 2017 following a violent rape in an alleyway and indecent assaults against flatmates has recently been denied parole.
Alex Aleti Seu, who is male and identifies as a woman, was wearing feminine clothing and carrying a handbag when he followed a “highly intoxicated” man who was leaving a bar in Dunedin’s Octagon. The perpetrator dragged the other man into an alley, and dazed him by throwing him up against a brick wall.
Mr Seu then pulled the intoxicated man’s pants down and began violating him. The man briefly escaped and pulled his pants back up, but Mr Seu caught up to him and forced him down in the grounds of a church. The perpetrator again pulled down the man’s pants, and resumed the rape.
The June 2016 attack left the survivor with rectal injuries and “severe psychological” impacts, court records reveal.
While out on bail, Mr Seu groped his two male flatmates and pressed his buttocks against their genitalia. The assaults took place on August 10 and August 18.
Mr Seu pleaded guilty to Unlawful Sexual Connection With A Male Over 16, Indecent Assault and Assault With Intent To Commit Sexual Violation.
A pre-sentence report assessed Mr Seu as being at high-risk of re-offending. Calling Mr Seu “extremely high risk,” Judge Kevin Phillips sentenced him to six years and nine months in prison.
The 34-year-old appeared before the parole board on October 15 of this year. The Parole Board Assessment Report deemed Mr Seu “an undue risk to the community.”
Board panel convenor Judge Charles Blackie said his decision to deny parole was based on the fact that the inmate is now classified as a high-security prisoner. Appearing to blame the inmate’s same-sex orientation for his continued “sexual deviant lifestyle and […] sexual compulsivity” behind bars, the judge noted that Mr Seu had “incurred a number of misconducts as a result of her sexual orientation.”
Mr Seu will be up for parole again next October. The judge said Mr Seu may only become eligible for early release following treatment and a “comprehensive psychological report commenting on treatment completed to date, further treatment required, current risk, further comment on release proposals and safety plan.” While the nature of Mr Seu’s offending makes him unsuitable for Adult Sex Offender treatment, Mr Seu should receive “one-to-one treatment with a psychologist,” the judge found.
