Mildura boilermaker Cameron O’Brien jailed for sexual penetration of a child under 16

A Mildura motorbike club member and known sex pest has been swatted into the slammer for violating a schoolgirl.

Cameron O'Brien pleaded guilty to sex offences. Facebook.

A serial Mildura sex pest who was out on bail for a sexual assault when he violated a child has been jailed.

Cameron O’Brien, 29, was sentenced in the County Court on Monday to a minimum three years and 11 months’ jail time after pleading guilty to sexual assault and penetration of a child under 16.

O’Brien was arrested and remanded shortly after assaulting his first victim in mid-2019, the court was told.

However, O’Brien was bailed and on the streets when he sexually penetrated his child victim more than 12 months later.

O’Brien, a boilermaker and dirt bike enthusiast, bail was eventually revoked in February this year.

Police also caught O’Brien with meth after he was arrested for multiple breaches of failing to comply with reporting conditions including creating a new email and purchasing a motorbike.

In her victim impact statement, the first victim said she felt “embarrassed and ashamed” after O’Brien assaulted her.

“It was hard to live a peaceful life … I felt embarrassed and ashamed,” the victim said.

“I had to go through the wringer in the country … I couldn't stop him physically … I felt depressed and afraid … it made me suffer a lot and cry … I still get upset about it everyday.”

In her victim impact statement, the child victim said O'Brien left her “struggling to cope”.

“I was in shock, I didn't know what to do,” she said.

“I felt helpless to the situation … my brain didn’t know what to do in this situation … I was in a state of shock.”

The court told O’Brien, who appeared via videolink from Hopkins Correctional, was a high-school drop out and known “sex pest”.

The fiend was still living with his parents at the time of the offending, the court heard.

The court was told O’Brien was involved in a local motorbike club and is very proud regularly participating in the “rainbow ride”.

O’Brien, who also pleaded guilty to multiple failing to comply with reporting obligations, was also involved in a local football club and basketball club.

Judge Frances Hogan said O’Brien’s offending against one victim was “brazen in nature”.

“Your offending against two female victims was self-indulgent …,” Judge Hogan said.

“I currently see a need to protect the community from you.”

O’Brien, who was made a registered sex offender for life, was jailed for a maximum five years and three months.

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