Melbourne dad Matthew Pang jailed after pleading guilty to sexual penetration of a child

A Melbourne dad and ex Crown dealer left a teen girl feeling “powerless” after he violated the victim at a St Albans party.

Matthew Pang pleaded guilty to a rolled-up sexual penetration of a child under 16 charge. Facebook.

A Melbourne dad who sexually assaulted a teenage girl while at a party with his partner and their child has been jailed.

Matthew Pang, 31, was sentenced in the County Court on Tuesday to a minimum 16-month jail term after pleading guilty to a rolled-up sexual penetration of a child under 16 charge.

Pang assaulted his 15-year-old victim after encountering the young girl at a party in St Albans in early 2018.

The court heard Pang — who did not know the victim — approached the child after she consumed alcohol at the house party.

The victim drank to the point where she had to vomit in the toilet, the court was told.

She returned to the party but felt sick again so she went to lie down on a bed at the house.

Pang, who attended the party with his partner and child, entered the room where the victim was lying and lay next to her.

Pang then sexually assaulted the child.

The “scared” victim recalled she felt “blank” and “couldn’t think” as pang violated her.

The victim left the house and stayed at a friend’s home not long after Pang ended his offending.

The friend recalled the victim had “trouble breathing” and was “obviously distressed”.

The victim told the friend she had been “raped” and she “felt powerless” and “not knowing what to do at the moment”.

Pang was reported to police and later arrested but he was not charged until December 2019.

The matter was initially pencilled in for a trial but Pang eventually pleaded guilty after a sentence indication was heard in December last year.

The defence submitted Pang was “very much intoxicated” during his offending.

However, the prosecution submitted Pang “was clearly aware the victim was extremely intoxicated to the point of vomiting”.

“Therefore (the victim) was in a very vulnerable position …,” the prosecution submitted.

“The age difference … certainly isn’t minimal … more importantly … (Pang) is in a relationship with a child and (is) supposedly a mature man …”

The court heard Pang had “kept his head down” to “be there for his partner and family” knowing “full well” he was going to prison.

Pang worked various jobs including stints at McDonalds and as a Crown Casino dealer but recently worked in warehousing, the court was told.

Pang, who was made a registered sex offender for 15 years, was jailed for a maximum two years and six months.

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