Former rehab worker Christopher Langley sentenced to preventive detention for child sex offending

Shannon PitmanOpen Justice multimedia journalist, Whangārei·NZ Herald·17 Sep, 2026 04:00 AM5 mins to read‌Open Justice reporter Ric Stevens joins Jane Yee on Case by Case to explain one of the harshest sentences that can be handed down in New Zealand.WARNING: This article discusses abuse and may be upsetting to some readers.After serving time in prison for beating and sexually assaulting a woman, Christopher Langley was released on parole after convincing authorities he had reformed. He then spent more than a decade delivering rehabilitation programmes to prisoners. But