Kidnapper cries as he pleads guilty to raping an 11-year-old girl in bushland after abducting her as she walked to school
- Brett David Hill entered pleas to string of charges in Newcastle District Court
- Hill pleaded guilty to one count of sexual intercourse with girl on Monday
- The 48-year-old pleaded not guilty to another four identical charges
- Hill’s young victim gave evidence in a closed court hearing ahead of trial
A man who abducted and raped a schoolgirl in bushland wept in court while pleading guilty to the horrific crime.
Brett David Hill, 48, broke down as he entered pleas to a string of charges when he appeared in Newcastle District Court on Monday.
The 13 charges were in relation to the kidnapping and alleged repeated sexual assault of the 11-year-old as she walked to school in Newcastle in June last year.
The girl was abducted from Hudson Park in Adamstown Heights and released five hours later at Kotara train station.
Brett David Hill (pictured) will stand trial in October over the five hour kidnapping and alleged repeated sexual assault of a 11-year-old schoolgirl in Newcastle last year
Police at the scene in Adamstown Heights where the schoolgirl was abducted and raped
Hill had already pleaded guilty to four charges, including aggravated detaining a person for advantage and three counts of aggravated sexual assault in February.
Court proceedings were briefly adjourned on Monday after Hill expressed confusion over what charges he wanted to pleaded guilty to, the ABC reported.
‘I am unsure of what is happening because everything has changed,’ Hill told the court.
He later pleaded guilty to one count of having sexual intercourse with the girl without her consent in circumstances of aggravation, before pleading not guilty to another four identical charges.
Hill also pleaded not guilty to two counts of indecent assault and using an offensive weapon to commit indictable offence.
He also pleaded not guilty to attempting to have sex with the girl without her consent but pleaded guilty to possessing child abuse material in relation to that allegation.
Hill will stand trial on a further eight offences which he pleaded not guilty on October 8
The trial is expected to last 10 days.
His young victim, who police and principal at the time of her harrowing ordeal as a ‘absolute hero’, gave evidence in court ahead of the trial.
Brett David Hill, 48, (pictured) wept as he entered pleas to a string of charges when he appeared in Newcastle District Court on Monday
The girl was abducted from Hudson Park (pictured) on her way to school last June
The move was part of a new initiative aimed at assisting child victims of sexual offences by reducing the stress and trauma involving in giving evidence.
The girl was described in court as being strong and calm while giving evidence via audio visual link, the ABC reported.