Jarryd Hayne was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for sexual assault

The woman said she felt compassion for Haynes’ children and that “the thought of being part of the revenue [away] “Someone’s father made me sick.”

The judge stressed, “It wasn’t her fault.”

“By the due diligence of NSW Police, the Sex Crimes Unit and the DPP [Director of Public Prosecutions]and in all honesty, she brought this perpetrator to justice on her own.”

Outside the court, the investigating officer, Detective Inspector Eugene Stek, said of the victim: “She is definitely a lot braver than she thinks she is, she’s definitely a lot stronger than she seems and she certainly is Fall a lot smarter than she thinks.”

The judge said Hayne, knowing the woman did not consent, “overwhelmed her in an inherently unequal competition and yielding of her physical strength to achieve sexual gratification.”

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“His willingness to ultimately use the complainant as some form of sex object is relevant to the manner in which he committed this offense,” Turnbull said.

He noted that Hayne “pledges his innocence” and therefore “expresses no remorse or remorse.”

The judge issued a three-year suspended period, retroactive to May 2022, to reflect time already spent in pre-trial detention and in aggravated conditions.

“Say no more,” Hayne said, appearing via video link with a shaved beard and a prison green t-shirt. The video link feed was then reduced to the court, but those watching the proceedings online heard Hayne say, “Bloody three years bro, f—.”

The trial said Hayne and the woman had chatted and exchanged “flirty” messages and photos on platforms including Instagram and Snapchat for nearly two weeks before he arrived at her home in Fletcher at 9:07 p.m. on September 30, 2018.

Hayne left a $550 cab and a half-drunk Vodka Cruiser on the mailbox outside and told the driver he had a bag to pick up. In the woman’s bedroom, Hayne played his favorite songs on a laptop, including an Ed Sheeran cover of “Oasis.” wonderwall.

In the Crown case, the possibility of sex disappeared for the woman when she became aware of the waiting taxi after the horn blew or a knock on the door.

The judge said the applicant was “open to something sexual happening if it was done the right way,” but her “heart sank” and she felt Hayne was only there for “one thing.” and said to her mother, “There’s no way I can do that.” “I’m about to have sex with him.”

Hayne said in his testimony, “I knew she didn’t want to have sex; I thought she’d just like me, and that’s it.” But on Hayne’s own account, he placed her hand on his crotch.

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The judge said the jury must have rejected Hayne’s account as true or possibly true and accepted the applicant’s account.

In her statement, the woman said that Hayne grabbed her pants and “pulled them off at once,” was rude and energetic, and carried out the acts for about 30 seconds despite saying “no” and “stop,” causing her to bleed .

“The offense didn’t stop until the bleeding started,” Turnbull said. “He didn’t give in willingly.”

Hayne left the house at 9:53 p.m. In response to the woman texting that she was “hurt” and “didn’t want to do this,” he said, “Go see the doctor tomorrow.”

Hayne’s first trial ended with a blank jury, and a second jury’s convictions in 2021 were overturned on appeal. He was released from Cooma Correctional Center in February 2022 and faced a third trial in Sydney.

His bail was vacated by the Supreme Court ten days after the guilty verdicts and he has since been held in custody at Silverwater Prison in isolation from other inmates.

The judge expects Hayne to receive his prisoner classification within days and be returned to Cooma Prison, where high-ranking inmates are being held.

Turnbull said he considered Hayne “well on the road to rehabilitation”, noting his commitment to his Christian faith, devotion to his family and his changed attitude towards alcohol, noting that he was at low risk of recidivism.

Hayne may be released in May 2025. His maximum term ends in February 2027.

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