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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Blake Foden

Recycling centre rapist wanted to blow up courtroom

A "self-absorbed" rapist expressed a desire to blow up a courtroom in order to kill the ex-girlfriend he had raped at a north Canberra recycling centre, a judge has said.

The 19-year-old man, who cannot be named, avoided time behind bars when he was sentenced in the ACT Supreme Court earlier this month.

He had previously previously pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual intercourse without consent, following an incident that occurred when he was underage.

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