Tearful Gympie man pleads guilty to raping, strangling and assaulting ex
The man wiped away tears as he entered guilty pleas on Friday to one charge each of rape, stealing, common assault, strangulation in a domestic setting and three charges of assault occasioning bodily harm.
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The Gympie District Court saw a young man become tearful on Friday as he pleaded guilty to raping, strangling and repeatedly assaulting a woman, as well as trying to pressure her to drop her charges.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared before Judge Nathan Jarro in the court on Friday (July 23) to be arraigned on nine charges from two separate indictments, most of which stemmed from a night of terror on January 16 last year.
The man wiped away tears as he entered guilty pleas to one charge each of rape, stealing, common assault, strangulation in a domestic setting and three charges of assault occasioning bodily harm.
He also pleaded guilty to trying to stop the woman from leaving her house two days later, as well as perverting the course of justice on a separate indictment put forward by prosecutor Katrina Overell.
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The man appeared in court via videolink from jail, with a family member sitting in the public gallery to support him.
Judge Jarro adjourned the matter for sentencing on September 13, remanding the man in custody until that date.
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