sexual assault

The Liberal MP denied the charges.

‘Innocent men and women are left without a career, while institutions lose skilled and caring employees.’

The charges include rape, stalking, taking a child for immoral purposes, indecent treatment of a child, possession of and making child exploitation material and

‘Being in that car that night, it felt like it was a weapon,’ the woman, who cannot be identified, said in a statement to Melbourne’s County Court.

Judges and legal academics are now arguing the finer points of how men should respond when their partner ‘withdraws consent.’

Kingsley Arnold Pickett was 14 when he caused the crash that killed Margaret Blurton and her one-year-old son Shane on Boxing Day in 1991.

The man was charged with 96 counts of indecent treatment of girls under 16.

The 45-year-old sexually assaulted the woman and another teenager weeks earlier in 2021 after picking them up in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley

The two incidents occurred at times of rock bottom in Rochford’s life following the COVID pandemic when his business fell apart.

‘There is a clear need for children who are vulnerable members of our community to be protected from such acts.’

Police arrested the 39-year-old Sudanese man after they discovered a decade-old warrant for his return to prison, which previously went under the radar.