18 Oct 2019

Joseph Borton sentenced to life for murder of Karori woman

From Checkpoint, 5:25 pm on 18 October 2019

Warning: Report contains some disturbing details.

A Wellington man who murdered a woman before sexually assaulting her young daughter has been described as a sexual deviant with a dysfunctional personality as he was sentenced to life in prison.

Joseph William Borton, who is 31-years-old, carried out the attack at a Karori home in April.

He was today sentenced to life in jail, with a minimum non-parole period of 19 years.

Jonathan Mitchell was at the High Court in Wellington.