China man, 42, extradited from S’pore to New Zealand for raping woman in her home
He had climbed over the fence into her home and waited for her behind her bedroom door.
A Chinese construction worker, Zhang Xuesong, aged 42, was extradited from Singapore to New Zealand in September 2025 for a series of violent sexual assaults on a woman in her home. The alleged attacks took place in West Auckland in late January and early February 2024. After being found guilty on eight charges of rape, aggravated burglary, and other offenses, Zhang pleaded guilty at Auckland's High Court on August 31, 2025, with sentencing scheduled for December.
Initially, Zhang denied all charges, claiming he had been drinking and sleeping at the construction site. However, he was later found guilty based on CCTV footage, DNA evidence, and his own statements denying the rape. Zhang was charged with threatening the victim with death, strangulation, unlawful detention, indecent assault, and assault with a weapon.
His sentencing will be determined after two psychological reports are completed, which could potentially result in preventive detention, a sentence without an end date for the most dangerous criminals in New Zealand.
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