Anthony Sampieri allegedly choked, raped and filmed girl, 7, at dance studio, court hears
Horrific details of a seven-year-old girl’s ordeal in a dance school toilet were revealed when her alleged attacker, Anthony Sampieri, faced court today. GRAPHIC WARNING.
Accused child rapist Anthony Sampieri was allegedly making a sex film as he choked and attacked a seven-year-old girl in a dance school toilet.
The schoolgirl’s horrific ordeal was revealed when Sampieri, 54, faced Waverley Local Court on Monday, his head bowed as he hid two black eyes.
The 54-year-old former youth worker is charged with choking the schoolgirl until she was “incapable of resistance” and filming her for the purpose of producing child abuse material.
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Sampieri is also charged with stabbing the girl’s mother in the hand with a scalpel as she helped rescue her daughter along with two heroes, local dentist Jeffrey Stack and
Nicola “Nick” Gilio, whose daughter was also having a dance lesson.
Sampieri faces two charges of wounding Mr Gilio, who was allegedly stabbed during the melee.
He was arrested after his release from the Prince of Wales hospital on Sunday where he had been receiving treatment for injuries caused after the two men allegedly pulled him off the girl.
Appearing via videolink from Silverwater Jail, Sampieri also had a visible injury to the bridge of his nose.
He had been living in Gray Street, Kogarah, not far from the dance studio.
According to the court charge sheet, the girl’s ordeal lasted between 7.30pm and 7.45pm on Thursday November 15.
Sampieri faces becoming the first person to be jailed for life if convicted of having sexual intercourse with a child aged under 10 after the maximum sentence was increased from 25 years in 2015.
The offence carries a standard non-parole period of 15 years.
Sampieri is also charged with aggravated kidnapping, assault with intent to have sexual intercourse, two counts of committing an act of indecency and filming the act to produce child abuse material.
He faces separate charges of indecent assault and using a child aged under 14 to produce child abuse material.
His barrister Ken Buckman said Sampieri agreed to a court order to provide his DNA to police.
Magistrate Lisa Stapleton officially remanded Sampieri in custody to appear at Kogarah Local Court on January 23.
His arrest followed an investigation by Strike Force Berliet, launched by detectives from the Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad.
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