The Crown then appealed that decision, made by High Court Justice Peter Woodhouse, on the grounds that a conviction would have been proportionate to the seriousness of the offending.

The Court of Appeal on Tuesday dismissed the appeal, saying that Toulapapa was the “dupe of the principal offender” – her cousin Nadene Manukau-Togiavalu.

Regardless of the backdrop to this court case, kidnapping of a baby, what caught my attention was the “dupe of the principal offender”

In this respect the noun; a victim of deception.

I’m wondering if this is going to be applied without gender bias?