Australia, April 21 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on March 20:
1. The offender was committed for trial from the Wagga Wagga Local Court on 20 December 2023. On 2 February 2024 the offender appeared for arraignment at the District Court at Wagga Wagga and entered pleas of not guilty to one charge of Sexual Touching Without Consent and three charges of Sexual Intercourse Without Consent. The matter was listed for trial on 28 October 2024 but the court acceded to a request the matter be stood over to the following day. On 29 October 2024 the offender pleaded guilty to the three counts of Sexual Intercourse Without Consent, namely counts 2, 3 and 4 on the Indictment. Those pleas of guilty ...