The SA Government has urged a judge to indefinitely jail an Adelaide rapist who attacked three women in 2009, and is now eligible for parole and is seeking release.
The South Australian Government has urged a judge to indefinitely jail an Adelaide rapist, with the Supreme Court hearing the man had told doctors he still liked the concept of rape "a little bit".He attacked three women in 2009, including in Linear Park along Adelaide's River TorrensAiden Harvey Driver is serving a sentence for three counts of rape and two counts of indecent assault, but became eligible for parole on July 6 and is seeking release to the Northern Territory.
Karim Soetratma, for the Attorney-General, told the court that Driver had received 70 hours of intense one-on-one counselling while in prison. But Mr Soetratma said the order would be reviewed each year as a "safeguard" to ensure prisoners did not "fall through the cracks". But Mr Soetratma said Driver could not be monitored by South Australian authorities if he left the state.
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