A seasonal farm employee from Tonga has been jailed in Western Australia for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old lady in a carpark within the state’s South West, simply minutes after assembly her.
Key factors:
- Sione Vaioleti, 24, has been sentenced within the Perth District Court docket to greater than two years’ jail for the sexual abuse of a 15-year-old lady
- The lady mentioned she felt she had misplaced her “innocence, self-worth and dignity”
- Decide John Prior mentioned he accepted Vaoileti was remorseful
Sione Louvi Vaioleti, 24, was working within the Margaret River space when he got here throughout the lady after leaving a neighborhood tavern in October, 2021.
He took {the teenager} down an alley to a darkened carpark the place he sexually assaulted her.
She instructed her mother and father and a few pals what occurred and Vaioleti was arrested on the city’s caravan park the place he was residing.
Alcohol ‘not an excuse’
He stood trial within the Busselton District Court docket in February accused of sexual penetration with out consent, however the jury discovered him responsible of an alternate cost, of sexually assaulting a toddler over 13 however below 16.
The sufferer had testified that she instructed Vaioleti her age and that she was at college however he maintained she had knowledgeable him she was 16.
Immediately Decide John Prior mentioned he accepted that Vaioleti had been below the trustworthy and cheap perception that the sufferer had consented to what he was doing, however that below the regulation she was a toddler.
Vaioleti had consumed alcohol earlier than the offence, and the court docket was instructed as we speak that as a result of he was a member of a non secular group, the Church of the Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it might have been the primary time he had ever consumed alcohol.
Nevertheless, Decide Prior mentioned whereas alcohol might have been a proof for what occurred it was not an excuse.
Deportation possible
Decide Prior additionally famous that Vaioleti had not used a condom.
He mentioned it uncovered the sufferer to the chance of sexually transmitted illnesses and being pregnant, which demonstrated a disregard for her welfare.
Decide Prior mentioned the offence had a big impression on the lady, who, in a sufferer impression assertion, detailed that she felt she had misplaced her “innocence, self-worth and dignity”.
Decide Prior accepted that Vaioleti was remorseful for what he had completed and mentioned it appeared he now understood the impression the crime had on the lady and her household.
He sentenced Vaioloeti to 2 years and 10 months in jail, which was backdated to February this 12 months when he was discovered responsible and brought into custody.
Decide Prior has made Vaioloeti eligible for parole. He must serve one 12 months and 5 months in jail earlier than he can apply to be launched.
Vaioleti is prone to then be deported to Tonga on account of the offence.
