Halaholo convicted
A Southland Stags rugby player has had his contract torn up after he admitted three charges of masturbating in a public place, twice in front of young girls.
Dillan Halaholo, 23, was convicted in the Invercargill District Court and sentenced to 18 months intensive supervision.
A police summary of facts says the first offending was on May 5 in the Countdown car park in Invercargill, when the former west Auckland man parked his car beside another vehicle, containing 9- and 6-year-old girls, and began masturbating. The second offence was on June 3 when he drove to the same supermarket car park and parked beside a vehicle containing two 10-year-old girls before masturbating. On June 10 he offended for a third time at the same location, this time after parking beside a car with a 23-year-old woman inside.
Judge Cook, who suppressed all details of Halaholo’s domestic situation, said all the victims had been affected by Halaholo’s actions.
The adult victim said his actions had made her feel powerless, traumatised, weak, victimised, dirty and vulnerable, the judge said.
‘‘She described the moment of seeing you as being horrific.’’
The parents of the child victims said Halaholo’s actions had taken away their innocence. One of the children was now reserved and quiet and confused about why she had to see it.
Halaholo had no previous convictions, the judge said.
When sentencing him to intensive supervision she said he must undertake appropriate assessments, treatment and counselling as directed. She also imposed a requirement of judicial monitoring and ordered a report be provided to her within three months.