Dunedin man facing preventive detention after pleading guilty to rape

Tuesday 4 November 2025 · 2 outlets · 3 reports · updated Wed 5 Nov 2025, 4:30am

In this story High Court

Keith Andrew Wicks-Cairns, 36, has pleaded guilty to rape and burglary following an incident at a Cosy Dell Road flat near the University of Otago. The man faces potential preventive detention after admitting to the burglary and two counts of sexual violation.

How they headlined it

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1. Otago Daily TimesTue 4 Nov 2025, 9:25am

   Cosy Dell Rd rapist facing preventive detention (opens in new tab)

   • Life in prison possible for Cosy Dell rapist (opens in new tab) Wed 5 Nov 2025, 4:30am
2. StuffTue 4 Nov 2025, 9:44am

   ‘No-one is going to hear you’ - guilty plea over rape of student (opens in new tab)