Auckland woman sentenced for torturing a teenager

StuffNZ HeraldFriday 21 March 2025 · 2 outlets · 2 reports · updated
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Selica Wright has been sentenced at the Auckland District Court for the prolonged abuse of a minor. The court heard she used weapons, including a hammer and screwdriver, and forced the boy to consume dog faeces and soiled toilet paper. A judge described the violence as amounting to torture.

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First reported by Stuff, Fri 21 Mar 2025, 5:50pm · 2 reports from 2 outlets over 62 minutes
  1. StuffStuff

    Judge says woman’s degrading violence against teen amounted to ‘torture’ (opens in new tab)

  2. NZ HeraldNZ Herald

    Auckland woman Selica Wright who stabbed, burned, forced boy to eat faeces jailed for horrific abuse (opens in new tab)