Drunk carpenter sentenced after breaking into woman’s home, took sex toys
The harrowing details of how a drunk carpenter snuck into a woman’s bedroom and took intimate items have been told in court.
A Melbourne tradie who broke into a woman’s home and snuck into her bedroom before stealing several items, including nipple clamps, lingerie and a rope, has escaped jail time.
Carpenter Patrick Simpkins appeared in the County Court on Thursday after pleading guilty to aggravated burglary over an incident in March 2020.
Simpkins is accused of sneaking into the woman’s Ashwood home in the early hours of the morning before he crept into her bedroom and rifled through her wardrobe.
He found several items, including a rope, a crop, nipple clamps with a chain attached and lingerie with a chain attached.
While handing down his sentence ,Judge Douglas Trapnell said the woman felt “lost” and “betrayed” because of Simpkins’ “terrifying” crimes.
“She felt violated … it was a gross invasion of her privacy,” he told the court.
On Wednesday the court was told Simpkins was into sadism and had talked about it to his victim via Tinder.
Simpkins would take on the more “dominant” role, Judge Trapnell told the court.
Other harrowing details of the attack were also aired in court, including how Simpkins was crouched at the foot of his victim’s bed.
He was shirtless, wearing a bandana that covered half his face and had a rope over his shoulder when his victim woke.
“What the f--k?” the woman said three times when she spotted the accused.
He then walked towards the woman who feared she was going to be sexually assaulted or attacked because Simpkins looked like he was “getting ready to pounce”.
Simpkins remained at the end of the bed staring at his victim, the court was told. After being told to leave again, he stumbled out of the property.
He was captured, shirtless, on CCTV running away from the home.
Court documents suggest Simpkins did not physically harm the woman, though Judge Trapnell said he intended to make her fear she would be assaulted.
Simpkins, who works as a carpenter, handed himself in to police about a month later.
He was sentenced to a five-year community corrections order.