Nikita Semmens pleads guilty to false imprisonment and theft after luring victim to house with Aaron McCarthy waiting
A man was lured to a house by his Tinder lover where another man was waiting before he was forced to drink mouth wash and had a sex act performed in front of him, a court has heard.
A man was lured to a house by his Tinder lover before he was forced to drink mouth wash, had his phone stolen and a sex act performed in front of him, a court heard.
Nikita Anne-Marie Semmens, 32, was due to face sentencing submissions in the District Court on Tuesday but the case was adjourned to meet up with her accomplice, Aaron Gregory McCarthy.
During McCarthy’s trial last month, the District Court heard the victim first met Semmens at school before matching with her on Tinder years later in 2022.
They dated for a few months before breaking up.
The court heard Semmens then messaged the victim in early 2023 and suggested taking him out to dinner.
He went to her house in Salisbury Plain on March 29, 2023 and was told to wait downstairs.
“McCarthy and Semmens come down the stairs,” Dr Peter Salu, for the prosecution, said.
“McCarthy says words to the effect of ‘you’re not leaving unless you pay a fee … he’s got a kitchen knife.”
The court heard the victim handed over $250, before he was told to sit on the floor and that he can’t leave.
Semmens then asked for the victim’s phone, which he handed to McCarthy.
The court heard the victim was made to skull some premixed drinks and that he’ll be hurt.
“He (McCarthy) makes him drink a half a bottle of Listerine,” Dr Salu said.
The court heard the trio then went upstairs to the bathroom where Semmens allegedly said: “I’ll show you when I like someone” before performing oral sex on McCarthy in front of the victim.
The trio then went downstairs where the victim was made to give McCarthy a hug before he was told he could leave.
Giving evidence, the victim told the court McCarthy was behaving erratically and like he was affected by methamphetamine.
“I was scared and wanted to get out of there as soon as I could,” he said.
“He seemed desperate for money.”
Chris Allen, for McCarthy, told the court there were gaps and inconsistencies in the victim’s evidence and he wasn’t telling the whole story.
Mr Allen said the evidence about McCarthy having a knife was “so weak” as Semmens had said in her evidence that a knife wasn’t used.
“If Aaron McCarthy’s not holding that knife, then, … you would have doubt about him detaining (the victim),” he said.
A jury found McCarthy guilty of theft but acquitted him of false imprisonment and robbery.
Semmens, of Adelaide, pleaded guilty to false imprisonment, theft and assault.
The duo will appear in court later this week.
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