Jayden Meyer

One of Jayden Meyer's victims says she has lost her sense of self-worth since the rape.

"It was very brave of these young women to put themselves forward to go through a court case. Tohill also pointed to the varying levels of consent education provided across different regions. It will take a substantial amount of time to get back in the black." The Judge's sentencing decision details how that victim, who was a virgin, "protested to no avail". [Mosaic](https://www.healthpoint.co.nz/social-services/sexual-harm/mosaic/at/94-riddiford-street-newtown-wellington/) - Tiaki Tangata Peer support for males who have experienced trauma and sexual abuse: 0800 94 22 94 Judge Claire Ryan handed down the sentence after hearing expert advice that sending the teen to prison would allow him to learn from more experienced sexual offenders. In one instance the sex was initially consensual but Meyer raped the girl when she refused to be with him for a second time that night. There were five young female victims, four of whom were raped and one who was sexually violated. "One of the major things I think that is likely to influence young people is that they haven't had the access to consent-based education that they usually have," she said, referring to schooling disruptions over the pandemic. The father of one of the girls spoke of the "raw indescribable pain" the offending brought to his family. The mother of one of the girls described the previous 16 months as the most difficult she had ever faced and how she was now living in a "shattered world". A teenager convicted of raping four girls under the age of 16 has been sentenced to nine months' home detention - despite a judge acknowledging the consequence would ordinarily be a prison sentence of "many years".