A sexual predator with a history of targeting vulnerable females will remain behind bars at least two more years.
Colin Wilson McIntyre appeared before the New Zealand Parole Board last month.
It was revealed the 59-year-old continued to deny any wrongdoing despite being convicted of one charge of unlawful sexual connection and eight counts of indecent assault of a vulnerable former co-worker.
``Mr McIntyre did not accept the jury's verdicts then or now and displays no empathy for the victim or insight into his offending,'' the parole board's decision said.
McIntyre has a history of targeting vulnerable females. He was convicted of having sexual intercourse and performing an indecent act with a girl aged between 12 and 16 in 2006 when he was aged in his late 40s.
His most recent offending, for which he was jailed for four years and nine months last year following a jury trial in late 2015, began in 2014 soon after his victim began working for McIntyre's employer.
The sentencing judge said McIntyre, of Dunedin, had ``preyed on, took advantage of and sought out'' his victim, who was returning to the workforce after many years of unemployment.
``[The] parole assessment report records that Mr McIntyre denies most of his offending, although admits some involvement with sending erotic texts and exposing himself,'' the parole board said.
``He claims he was `set up' by the victim.
``The convictions and judge's remarks show otherwise.''
McIntyre was recommended for an intervention programme, but his motives for doing so were ``questionable'', the board said.
``He had extensive one-to-one counselling during his previous sentence,'' the board said.
``The psychologist reports that he continues to claim that the behaviour was consensual and comments that Mr McIntyre's self-report should be treated with some caution.''
The board declined parole, saying McIntyre was an undue risk to the safety of women.
``Mr McIntyre requires treatment for his deviant sexual offending,'' the board said.
``This has occurred since 2006 with two different victims.
``It may be that he needs the short motivational programme in an endeavour to assist him to come to terms with the fact that he is an untreated sexual offender and an undue risk to the safety of women in the community.
``Until he gains that insight his prognosis is gloomy.
The board postponed McIntyre's next hearing to May 2019.
