A teenage girl who was knocked unconscious before being raped in a park woke up alone in the dark under a tree.
Her underwear had been thrown into a playground nearby by a 38-year-old serial rapist, Ipswich District Court heard.
The man punched her in the stomach, and then raped the teenager while she lay on the ground unconscious, knocked out after hitting her head when she fell.
A teenage girl who was knocked unconscious before being raped in a park woke up alone in the dark under a tree (pictured is a stock image)
The 15-year-old was one of three girls sexually assaulted by the man in late 2014, and one of seven he admitted sexually penetrating or dealing with indecently.
He raped some of his victims – aged between 12 and 22 – in public parks and his home after plying them with alcohol, The Sunshine Coast Daily reported.
The man targeted girls he knew or who were introduced to him by mutual friends, including the 15-year-old babysitter who took care of his partner’s child.
When another girl, also 15, said she didn’t want to be with him he told her friend to ‘bash her’ before chasing the girls and raping the 15-year-old in a park.
Her underwear had been thrown into a playground nearby by a 38-year-old serial rapist, Ipswich District Court (pictured, stock image) heard
Crown prosecutor Noel Needham said the man – who cannot be named in order to protect the victims – had ‘limited emotional capacity to deal with rejection’.
Mr Needham said although DNA evidence proved the man raped the 15-year-old in the park, it could not confirm what body part was used.
Defence lawyer Stephen Kissick said the man’s actions were an overreaction to rejection, and he has a ‘degree of callousness in his nature.’
‘He has in some ways engaged in a predatory nature but in my submission it is opportunistic,’ said Mr Kissick.
The man pleaded guilty to 16 offences including assault, indecent treatment of a child under 16, sexual assault and rape.
A sentencing decision was expected to be handed down by Judge Alexander Horneman-Wren on Thursday afternoon.
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