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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Tim Piccione

Rapist 'assumed consent' because of relationship, court told

A rapist demonstrated "an entitlement to the victim's body" because the pair were "in some kind of relationship", a court has heard.

"Never in my most abhorrent nightmares would I have imagined that this would be the end of our love story," the man's former partner told the ACT Supreme Court in an emotional impact statement.

"Now I am your rape victim."

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