A British ski instructor has been jailed for 10 years for raping a woman and physically assaulting her male friend in a resort town in Australia.<\/p>\n
Matthew James Williams, 29, attacked the pair on a street in Jindabyne, south of Canberra, in July 2018.<\/p>\n
He had followed the woman and man after they left a pub to walk home.<\/p>\n
At the time, police said the injuries to both victims were so severe that it was initially suspected there had been multiple attackers.<\/p>\n
“[It] must have been horrifying in its intensity and severity<\/a>,” said Justice Nicole Noman in sentencing remarks reported by the ABC on Friday.<\/p>\n The New South Wales District Court court heard that Williams had repeatedly punched and kicked the 25-year-old man, knocking him unconscious, after confronting the pair on a street.<\/p>\n He then punched the 22-year-old woman in the face before raping her.<\/p>\n Williams fled the scene after the male victim regained consciousness and managed to get help from a passing car.<\/p>\n He was arrested five days later and named the sole suspect, after police found his DNA and watch at the scene.<\/p>\n Williams pleaded guilty in April to charges of aggravated sexual assault, inflicting actual bodily harm with intent to have sexual intercourse with another, and possessing a prohibited drug.<\/p>\n He will be eligible for parole after seven years, and deported to the UK upon his release.<\/p>\n Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"