Laken Rose's prison sentence reduced by Court of Appeal

Tuesday 28 July 2026 · 4 outlets · 2 reports · updated Tue 28 Jul, 4:24pm

In this story Nicola Willis, Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal has reduced Laken Rose's sentence from over 19 years to 13 years and five months. Judges accepted expert evidence that Rose was a victim of coercive control during the relationship in which the sexual offending occurred.

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First reported by Waikato Times, Tue 28 Jul, 2:10pm · 2 reports from 2 outlets over 2 hours

Waikato Times via StuffTue 28 Jul, 2:10pm

Laken Rose’s sentence cut after court accepts she was victim of coercive control (opens in new tab)
Also on The Post (opens in new tab), Stuff (opens in new tab)
NZ HeraldTue 28 Jul, 4:24pm

Cambridge woman Laken Maree Rose has six years cut from prison sentence for ‘sickening and depraved’ child sex crimes (opens in new tab)