Indian chef Ranvir Singh jailed for raping Collingwood Le Boudoir sex worker
A chef who raped a sex worker at a Collingwood brothel has blamed the police for his conviction but a judge said the “brutish” creep really just lacked remorse.
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An Indian chef who brutally raped a sex worker at a Collingwood brothel then refused to leave because he had “paid for an hour” has been jailed.
Ranvir Singh, 26, was sentenced in the County Court today to a minimum three years and eight months’ jail after he was found guilty of two charges of rape.
Singh visited Collingwood brothel Le Boudoir with friends in early 2018, the court heard.
Singh, in Melbourne on a student visa, seemed intoxicated when he first met his victim, the court heard.
The victim was “uncomfortable” after Singh locked the door and turned off the light in their room.
She said Singh was “rough” and “extremely aggressive immediately”.
The victim tried to resist but Singh became “rougher”.
Singh raped the victim twice, then told her to get back in the bed because the “booking wasn’t over”.
The distraught victim managed to escape the room.
She sought help to have Singh removed but was told to wait until his friend had finished his “session”.
She went back to the room and told Singh to leave but he refused.
Singh said he had “paid for an hour” then prevented the victim from leaving the room.
The victim reported the incident the next day but Singh wasn’t charged until almost a year later.
The victim said during Singh’s plea hearing in May that she now endured “indescribable pain and suffering”.
“It feels as though I am the one being punished, being judged and excluded from society,
silenced into submission,” she said.
“I will not quiet my voice and hold my tongue to ease the conscience of the guilty.
“It may destroy me to speak these words, but hear me now and know that whatever discomfort you may feel will never come close to resembling the cruelty I have experienced first hand.
“Do not shy away from the disturbing truth, as I was granted no such mercy.”
The court heard Singh was teased at school before moving to Australia to study computers.
He dropped out of that course to study cookery, and was working as a chef at the time of the rapes.
Singh, who was found guilty on December 11, still denies raping his victim.
He since said it was “unfair” that he had been charged and found guilty.
Singh said he “blamed the police for his conviction” and maintained he had “done nothing wrong”.
“Given your lack of remorse and failure to acknowledge your conduct (a jail sentence is required),” Judge George Georgiou said.
Judge George Georgiou said Singh displayed “brutish behaviour” which “frightened” and “humiliated” his victim.
Singh – who had spent 224 days in custody – was jailed for a maximum six years.
He will most likely be deported back to India after his prison term.
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