A Queenstown builder has been jailed for five years for sexually assaulting a woman in the resort in 2017.
For the first time, he can be named as Richard Lee Robinson.
The 32-year-old Australian national, who moved to the resort in 2007, had name suppression until his sentencing on July 26.
After a three-day jury trial in Invercargill in March, he was found guilty of three charges of sexual violation and one of assault with a weapon, on April 24, 2017.
Summarising the offending, Judge Mark Callaghan said the victim was in town when she received messages from Robinson referring to posts on her social media page.
Because he did not have access to the page, she suspected he must be in her home.
When she returned home she found her laptop missing.
After noticing that lights were on in the adjoining dwelling, she opened the door to its laundry to find Robinson standing there holding her laptop.
After pushing the laptop into her face, he put his hand around her jaw and throat.
When she tried to run outside, he chased her, pulled her to the floor and threatened to rape her and then kill himself.
He then sexually violated her twice.
On two occasions she managed to get to her feet, open the door and shout for help, but each time he closed the door and pulled her down.
After being sexually violated for a third time, she managed to escape while the defendant was struggling to take his trousers off.
Judge Callaghan said the victim suffered ''severe trauma'' from the attack.
In her victim impact statement, she said she felt ''dehumanised'' as a result.
A pre-sentence report stated Robinson had suffered from anxiety and depression for about 15 years and was on medication at the time of the offending.
His counsel, Fiona Guy Kidd QC, said his mental health issues, and the liquidation of his company, should be mitigating factors in sentencing.
From a starting point of six years' prison, Judge Callaghan made deductions for Robinson's mental health issues and for the fact he would be an Australian national serving a prison sentence in New Zealand.
He imposed a concurrent 18-month prison term for the assault with a weapon charge.
Robinson's building company, Smith and Sons Queenstown, was placed in liquidation about two months after his arrest.
