Fiend ex Deakin uni employee Abdullah Alanazi found guilty of raping woman at Windsor Airbnb

A former Deakin uni employee raped a Melbourne artist who went back to a Windsor Airbnb with the vile grub’s flatmate.

Abdullah Alanazi met the victim at Ms Collins bar.

A former Deakin uni student waited for his flatmate to leave for breakfast before he snuck in and raped a Melbourne artist who had gone home with his friend.

Abdullah Alanazi, 26, was sentenced in the County Court to a minimum 34-month jail term after he was found guilty of rape.

Alanazi raped the victim after earlier meeting the young woman at city bar Ms Collins in early-2019.

The court heard the victim had gone back to a Windsor Airbnb apartment with Alanazi’s flatmate.

The victim and Alanazi’s flatmate had consensual sex before the young woman fell asleep naked in the bed, the court was told.

Alanazi snuck into the room and climbed into the bed after his flatmate left for breakfast just before 7am.

Alanazi raped the victim without a condom while she was asleep.

The victim, who woke to find herself facedown while Alanazi violated her, snapped her head around and confronted the fiend.

“What are you doing,” the victim said.

“What, what, you don’t want this,” the grovelling rapist replied.

“Are you OK … what’s wrong?”

The victim ran to the bathroom to calm down then fled the Airbnb.

The young woman, who looked “visibly distressed”, told her flatmates and mum what had happened.

The victim’s mum encouraged her daughter to report Alanazi to police.

Alanazi, who gave a “no comment” interview, was charged, remanded and later bailed.

Judge Nola Karapanagiotidis said rape was an “inherently serious” offence.

“The offending is serious and I regard your moral culpability as high,” Judge Karapanagiotidis said.

“I accept that your offending is further aggravated by the fact, as I find on the evidence, that you were not wearing a condom at the time, thus potentially exposing (the victim) to the risk of a sexually transmitted disease.”

The victim, in a statement to the court, said she still suffers.

“I have ambitions and a life I desperately want to curate for myself, but am constantly in an internal battle to do the things I want to do,” the victim said.

Judge Karapanagiotidis said the offending left the victim, a Melbourne artist, “feeling immense grief, pain and trauma”.

“(The offending) has caused her to lose friendships and opportunities, and to develop massive trust issues and low self-esteem,” Judge Karapanagiotidis said.

“Her feelings have evolved over time and initially she could not leave the house without having panic attacks and severe depression and heightened anxiety.

“The impact of your offending has been pervasive, impacting all aspects of her life, including her ability to maintain a job or attend university.

“She continues to struggle with motivation, trust, insecurities and confidence issues …

“Her natural inclinations and work as an artist predisposes her to be social and interactive with others, but your crime against her causes her massive conflict and has created what she refers to as a ‘strong wall’,” Judge Karapanagiotidis said.

Judge Karapanagiotidis also highlighted a painting submitted by the victim which depicted “imagery of her own visualisation of the grief and pain she was going through” was both “poignant and powerful”.

Alanazi, who was in Melbourne on a student visa at the time of the offending, is expected to be deported to his birth country Saudi Arabia after his jail term.

The court was told Alanazi, who completed his Deakin uni cyber security degree while on bail, also worked at the university and helped develop a website for Whittlesea Council.

Alanazi, who was not made a registered sex offender, was jailed for a maximum five years.

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