Levi Wilshire: Gatton man’s vile rape of 12-year-old girl

A Lockyer Valley man raped a young girl three times in the space of two days, despite her protestations, a court has heard.

A Lockyer Valley man raped a 12-year-old girl three times in two days while also indecently treating her, a court has heard.

Gatton man Levi James Wilshire, 29, previously pleaded guilty to three counts of rape and one count of indecent treatment of a child under the age of 16, with his sentence in Ipswich District Court on Friday.

The court heard the first two rapes were committed on April 2 last year, while the third rape and the indecent treatment occurred two days later, all four occurring at Gatton.

The first group of offending involved orally and vaginally raping the girl, telling her, “You have a sexy body”, the court was told.

Gatton rapist Levi James Wilshire, 29. Picture: Facebook

The second group involved Wilshire shining a torch on his penis in front of the girl and retracting his foreskin repeatedly, telling her, “This is what a dick looks like in the daytime”.

He then vaginally raped her.

Crown prosecutor Hamish McIntyre told the court the girl told him to stop and tried to push him off her.

Crucially, Mr McIntyre told the court, Wilshire ejaculated on a blue t-shirt, which would form the case against him.

He was arrested the following day, April 5, and has spent the intervening period, a total of 551 days.

Defence counsel Stephen Kissick told the court his client was homeless at the time of offending and was addicted to cannabis with sporadic methamphetamine use.

He described Wilshire’s offending as “thoughtless and impulsive” and noted this was the first time he had been in jail.

Judge Orazio Rinaudo sentenced Wilshire to eight years’ jail, with parole-eligibility set at June 18, 2023.