New Zealand / Auckland Region

Trial date set for men accused of sexual offending

20:05 pm on 17 June 2021

A trial date has been set for two young men accused of sexual offending involving underage girls in west Auckland in 2013.

Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook

The men, who have interim name suppression, appeared in Auckland District Court this afternoon, after pleading not guilty in February.

The men were first arrested in December last year after a woman made a formal complaint.

Police officers then contacted other complainants involved in an earlier investigation.

There is a warrant out for the arrest of a third man, who is overseas.

In court today, the two men were remanded on bail for a hearing later in the year.

Judge Kevin Glubb set a date in August next year for a seven-day trial.