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- From Southland, New Zealand
- 27-years old
- Charged with seven counts including rape and assault
- Accused of laughing while watching videotape of woman he raped
- Jury has watched parts of the video
- Woman was crying during video
- He denies raping her, she had asked him to have sex with her
- He admitted to assaulting man victim was with
- Woman admitted being videotaped while having sex with him before
- Hird had smoked marijuana and taken LSD before the incident
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Victim's Story Details
- Victim was asleep in bed with another man when Hird arrived in his carThe Southland Times: Accused of video taping rape (December 2, 2008)
- Hird yelled outside about the man she was withThe Southland Times: Accused of video taping rape (December 2, 2008)
- He climbed through the laundry windowThe Southland Times: Accused of video taping rape (December 2, 2008)
- Hird punched and tried to stom the other man in the headThe Southland Times: Accused of video taping rape (December 2, 2008)
- He pushed the man into the bedroom wardrobeThe Southland Times: Accused of video taping rape (December 2, 2008)
- Hird asked woman why the other man got sex from her but he didn'tThe Southland Times: Accused of video taping rape (December 2, 2008)
- He asked the woman for sex, she repeatedly told him noThe Southland Times: Accused of video taping rape (December 2, 2008)
- He videotaped himself raping herThe Southland Times: Accused of video taping rape (December 2, 2008)
- He asked the woman if she wanted to watch the tape afterwardThe Southland Times: Accused of video taping rape (December 2, 2008)
- She said no, he watched it by himself while laughingThe Southland Times: Accused of video taping rape (December 2, 2008)
- On trial she said she had agreed to be videotaped while having sex with him before, and she had watched that tapeThe Southland Times: Accused of video taping rape (December 2, 2008)
His Defense
- Hird denies raping the womanThe Southland Times: Accused of video taping rape (December 2, 2008)
- Hird said the woman invited him to have sex with her so he would leaveTumeke Blogspot: From our, "Love-you-better-have-a-better... (December 2, 2008)
- He though the woman probably felt pressure to have sex with him, but he never forced herThe Southland Times: Jury watches digital footage of alleged rape (December 3, 2008)
- He said he felt disgusted with himself for video taping itThe Southland Times: Jury watches digital footage of alleged rape (December 3, 2008)
- He did not force the other man into the wardrobeThe Southland Times: Accused of video taping rape (December 2, 2008)
- The other man hid himself there and could have leftThe Southland Times: Accused of video taping rape (December 2, 2008)
- Hird had punched the man in the head but had tried to stomp on himTumeke Blogspot: From our, "Love-you-better-have-a-better... (December 2, 2008)
- Hird said he apologized to the other man after he realized the woman was lying to him about whom she was seeingThe Southland Times: Jury watches digital footage of alleged rape (December 3, 2008)
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