A man who attacked two women in Adelaide in “callous, premeditated and planned” assaults has been jailed for twelve years.
Patrick Mark Perkins, 59, raped one woman, but it was what he said afterwards that made his attack especially heinous.
“To add insult to injury, your words to her suggested that she was in some way to blame for your violent act,” Judge Julie McIntyre said.
“She was not. She was entitled to walk home alone without being molested by you.
“The blame is yours and yours alone.”
Perkins allegedly pushed his victim to the ground and engaged in three sex acts over 10 minutes.
“You then said something to the effect of ‘there’s a good girl, don’t walk home alone anymore by yourself. You can go home now’,” the judge said.
His victim was traumatised by the attack, believing Perkins was going to kill her at the time and had dealt with endless pain, sorrow and fear in its wake, the court heard.
Perkins attacked another woman in November 2012, but his victim was able to fight him off, suffering bruises and scratches.
Judge McIntyre added Perkins had no prior offences, had grown up with a loving supportive family and was considered to be of good character by many who knew him.
“All of this makes your brutal assaults on these two vulnerable women all the harder to understand,” she said.
“You have not offered any explanation for your behaviour.
“Indeed there is no obvious reason for your offending other than the callous determination to obtain sexual gratification.”
Perkins had pleaded guilty to three counts of rape and one of assault with intent to rape.
Judge McIntyre set a non-parole period of eight yearsm backdated to when he was first taken into custody in July 2015.
