A Rotorua man who kidnapped his girlfriend then dragged her behind a car for almost 2km told police he put her in the car boot "to show her that he loved her".
Sonny Te Aramoana Waiti, 26, appeared in the Rotorua District Court today, handcuffed and guarded by three officers.
Through his lawyer Harry Edward he pleaded guilty to a charge of kidnapping 37-year-old Rotorua mother Ana Eriepa on May 25.
According to the police summary of facts, Waiti and Ms Eriepa were in a relationship and had been living together for about three weeks since Waiti was released from prison.
On the night before the incident they travelled to Tauranga and bought a new car. Waiti had been consuming alcohol and drugs on the trip and had become "paranoid".
And here we were, thinking that Once Were Warriors was a work of fiction. This is a truly sickening case, and we suspect it will be many years before Waiti has the opportunity to show another unfortunate woman how much he loves her.
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