A cultural leader in Western Australia's Kimberley has been jailed for sexually assaulting two women after being found guilty in a four-day trial earlier this year.
Broome cultural leader Thomas Edgar has been sentenced to seven years and 10 months in prison for two counts of sexual penetration without consent.A cultural leader in Western Australia's Kimberley has been jailed for seven years for sexually assaulting two women.
Edgar, who was previously a director on the Yawuru Prescribed Body Corporate, the membership organisation for Broome's traditional owners, will be eligible for parole in January 2030. Throughout the trial, the court heard from a number of witnesses including police officers who attended the incidents and hospital staff who treated the victims.During the trial, the court heard the first incident took place in September 9, 2021, at a Broome property where a woman who was staying with Edgar woke to find him sexually assaulting her.
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