Attempted rapist and risk to the community Nicholas Molloy handed indefinite detention order

A man who tried to rape a support worker will stay behind bars after he continued to act lewdly in jail, including using the prison intercom as part of his depraved behaviour. See what else he did.

A Murray Bridge man who attempted to rape a support worker has continued to display lewd behaviour in custody, including making explicit comments to a female correctional officer.

Nicholas Adam Molloy, 28, will stay behind bars after it was determined he would pose a significant risk to the safety of the community if released.

The Attorney-General applied for an indefinite detention order, submitting that Molloy was unwilling or incapable of controlling his sexual instincts.

In a judgment published online, Justice Julie McIntyre said Molloy was jailed for three years in 2020 after he attempted to rape a disability support worker by placing his hand around her neck and throwing her onto a bed.

His sentence has since expired.

Nicholas Molloy was handed an indefinite detention order. Photo: iStock

The court heard Molloy, who has a number of disabilities and mental health issues, also indecently assaulted a residential care worker at a disability housing in 2014.

The court heard despite being on anti-libidinal medication Molloy continued to display aberrant and lewd behaviour while in custody, including:

■ Repeated phone calls to services such as Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement, Quitline and Child Support Agency making abusive and sexually inappropriate remarks to women

■ Calling female family members of other inmates and making sexually explicit comments on multiple occasions

■ Obtaining a business card of a female personal trainer and calling her to make sexually explicit comments

■ Engaging in exhibitionism and masturbation in front of others

■ Using the Department of Correctional Services Kiosk Express system to distribute sexually explicit messages within the prison

■ Using the intercom to make sexually explicit comments to a female correctional officer

■ Graffitiing sexually explicit messages in his cell

■ Using other media to write sexually explicit messages

The court heard Molloy’s anti-libidinal medication was increased from 50mg to 200mg, with the maximum dose 300mg.

Molloy’s counsel argued it was inappropriate to make an indefinite detention order and an National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) plan would reduce any risk to the community.

They said conditions of the plan could be Molloy not be permitted to be alone in the company of any woman; and must always be accompanied by at least one male care worker if in a public or group setting.

However, Justice McIntyre determined even with those conditions the community would not be adequately protected if Molloy was released and granted the application for an indefinite detention order.