4:36 pm today

Muchirahondo found guilty of 17 counts of rape and sexual assault

From Checkpoint, 4:36 pm today

John Hope Muchirahondo has been found guilty of 17 counts of rape and sexual assault. The 38-year-old Christchurch man has been convicted of raping eight women and sexually assaulting a ninth. He was also found guilty on one count of not providing access to a cell phone. The jury delivered its verdicts during the 10th day of deliberations. Muchirahondo was found not guilty on eight charges of sexual offending and the jury couldn't reach a verdict on five others, reporter Anna Sargent was at court and spoke to Lisa Owen.