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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Tim Piccione

'Vile is too gentle of a word': Victim confronts co-worker who raped her

A victim has confronted the co-worker who raped her and told him "vile is too gentle of a word to describe what you did to me".

"You are the sole reason from this moment you are known as a rapist," she told the man from the witness stand in an eloquent victim impact statement read in the ACT Supreme Court earlier this month.

A jury found the 27-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, guilty in February of sexual intercourse without consent and committing an act of indecency without consent.

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