Jasey Harrison: Hervey Bay man jailed for raping girl on birthday

A woman celebrating her 18th birthday woke up to a Fraser Coast man, who now faces deportation, raping her.

A young Fraser Coast man raped a teen twice on her eighteenth birthday, with the court hearing his victim woke mid-rape to the “sound of moaning”.

Point Vernon man Jasey Keepa Harrison, 20, a New Zealand citizen who was attended high school at Urangan, pleaded guilty in Brisbane District Court to two counts of rape.

The court heard both offences occurred in a South Brisbane hotel room about 2.45am on a Saturday in June last year.

Harrison had been drinking since about 4.30pm the previous day and had also consumed ecstasy and cannabis, the court heard.

The victim, who had celebrated her eighteenth birthday the night prior, woke to the “sound of moaning” and pain in her vagina from Harrison’s digital penetration.

This occurred for about one minute, the court heard, with the teen originally believing her partner to be the man in the room with her.

Point Vernon man Jasey Keepa Harrison, 20. Picture: Facebook

She “disconnected in shock”, the court heard, as Harrison then inserted his penis, sans condom, for less than a minute.

The assault ended when she rolled over.

Harrison had removed her singlet top and bra, and sweatpants, to rape her, the court heard.

The victim drove to a friend’s house following the rape and police were contacted.

When interviewed by police, Harrison didn’t deny the rape but told them he couldn’t remember anything after about 9pm.

Police ultimately discovered Harrison’s DNA on the bedsheets.

The court heard there had been drastic “ripple effects” in the woman’s life resulting from the rape.

It would be a “long time” before she enjoyed birthdays again; she was sleepless, anxious and taking medication; she struggled being intimate with her current partner; and she felt “deeply violated”.

It was submitted on Harrison’s behalf he had a difficult upbringing and his life had been torn apart by his offending.

He would lose his job as an insulation installer; the means to support his ill father financially; and all his Australian friendships, as it was “inevitable” he would be deported at the conclusion of his sentence.

Harrison was jailed for five years, to be suspended after serving 18 months behind bars.