Teen killer had ‘homicidal urges’ when she lured student, 24, to her home and choked him to death with the cord of a sex toy
- Jamie Lee Dolheguy was found guilty of the manslaughter of Maulin Rathod
- She lured the 24-year-old to her house, where she strangled him with a sex toy
- Prosecutors told a court that Dolheguy should be locked up in an adult jail
Disturbed killer Jamie Lee Dolheguy had ‘homicidal urges’ the day she strangled her date with a sex toy cable and should be sentenced to an adult jail, Victorian prosecutors say.
The 20-year-old was found guilty of manslaughter over the death of international student Maulin Rathod after a trial last year. She was acquitted of murder.
Dolheguy met her 24-year-old victim on the dating app Plenty of Fish and invited him over to her Sunbury house with the promise of sex after they exchanged messages in 2018.
Jamie Lee Dolheguy was 18 when she exchanged messages with Indian student Maulin Rathod on the Plenty of Fish app in September 2018
Mr Rathod met at her Sunbury home and he agreed to ‘choke-play’ in her bedroom but despite his signal to stop, she kept him in a hold and whispered: ‘It will be OK’
‘As soon as she got the first text, she had in mind to harm this man,’ crown prosecutor Patrick Bourke told the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Her conduct that day emanated from her ‘anger and homicidal urges’ and she did not plan to release him from the chokehold, Mr Bourke said.
The pair met at her home and Mr Rathod agreed to choke-play in Dolheguy’s bedroom but despite his signal to stop, she kept him in a hold and whispered: ‘It will be OK.’
She then wrapped a sex toy cable around his neck and strangled the student before calling police for help. The Indian-born student later died in hospital.
Lawyers for the killer argued that because of her immaturity, youth and severe personality disorder she should be jailed in a youth facility to help with her rehabilitation and treatment for her disorder.
Forensic psychiatrists found Dolheguy had a stunted psychological development and a severe personality disorder, and struggled to contain her impulses.
Dolheguy (pictured outside court) wrapped the cable from the sex toy around his neck before calling police for help. The 24-year-old student later died in hospital
‘Because of her dreadful upbringing, she never developed a sense of basic trust in the world around her,’ Dr Andrew Carroll previously told the court.
This left her with an ‘anxiety, fear and hatred of the world around her’.
The court was told Dolheguy suffered extreme abuse at a young age and was taken into care at age 10. She also hurt herself and had attempted suicide.
Her damaged personality also meant she could not feel empathy for her victim or remorse, the court was told.
It was crystal clear Dolheguy would remain at significant risk of serious violence against other people and her rehabilitation prospects were grim, the prosecutor said.
Justice Peter Almond told the court it was unlikely Ms Dolheguy would be jailed in a youth facility.
Dolheguy will be sentenced at a later date.