A Cambridge woman has been found guilty of numerous charges in a child sex abuse case described by a High Court judge as "unbelievable" and "utterly brazen".
Laken Rose, 31, gave evidence during a two-week trial at the Hamilton High Court last month.
On Thursday, Justice Matthew Muir convicted Rose of 45 sexual offences including sexual violation, indecently assaulting a child under 12, making an objectionable publication, possessing objectionable material and inducing a young person to commit indecent acts.
The charges against Rose are in relation to four girls aged between three and 14. The offending took place at various locations across Palmerston North, Waikato and the Bay of Plenty over a five-year period.
She was found not guilty of five charges, including three of sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection, and two of possession of objectionable material.
She will be sentenced on February 27, 2021.
During last month's trial, Rose pleaded guilty to 10 charges, but pleaded not guilty to another 50.
She claimed her former partner, Andrew Alan Williams, threatened to kill her if she didn't film him abusing girls as young as three. Her defence was that she was compelled to participate under duress by the 54-year-old.
On day one of the trial, Williams pleaded guilty to 56 charges relating to seven complainants after initially denying the allegations.
During last month's trial, the Hamilton High Court heard that Rose and Williams met at an equestrian event when she was 19 and he was 42.
Text messages between the two discussed how they would befriend girls. Rose would then film Williams offending, or film the victims herself for him to watch later.
"In my life experience, I can honestly tell you I find it unbelievable that this could occur," Justice Muir said, calling the offending "utterly brazen".
Crown prosecutor Anna Pollett quoted Williams as saying, "who is going to believe a nine-year-old over me?"
A psychiatrist told the court that Rose suffers from dependent personality disorder. Defence counsel Philip Morgan QC argued that Williams had been abusive to Rose and she was "particularly vulnerable to coercion".
