A teenage boy who raped a fellow high school student at a house party has been sentenced to nine months detention. 9News
The boy was initially involved in consensual activity with his victim before pushing further, sexually assaulting her six times and intentionally choking her over a two-hour period in the living room of a home west ofHaving found him guilty in May, a magistrate on Thursday sentenced the boy to nine months' detention.The teenage boy was sentenced to nine months' detention with a non parole period of two months."The young person has shown no contrition," the magistrate said.
The boy's lawyer had suggested it was noteworthy that the girl had her phone next to her during the attack and hadn't called out to others in the home for help. The magistrate dismissed that. References of the boy's otherwise good character and supportive family and social ties mitigated the sentence, with the magistrate accepting his prospects of rehabilitation were "strong".
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