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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Blake Foden

'Minimising his criminality': Attempted rapist complains of being 'set up'

Stephen Sarmiento leaves court after being sentenced. Picture by Blake Foden

A sex offender was "very much minimising his criminality" when he misrepresented an attempted rape and suggested he may have been "set up", a judge has found.

But Stephen Sarmiento, 30, will not see the inside of a prison cell after the judge also found there was a risk he may receive suboptimal mental health care behind bars.

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