A paedophile spared jail despite pleading guilty to raping two young girls is accused of abusing more children and paying one of his victims for her silence.
The Dubbo predator, known as TM, was given a two year suspended sentence due to high cholesterol, sleeping problems and because he never had sex education.
One of the victims has claimed the 55-year-old abused at least two other women, as the Director of Public Prosecutions looks into an appeal of his sentence.
A paedophile spared jail despite pleading guilty to raping two young girls is accused of abusing more children and paying one of his victims for her silence (stock image)
The woman – abused between 1980 and 1987 after meeting TM, then 19, through a church group – said other victims are yet to come forward, The Daily Telegraph reported.
‘It followed the same pattern, he starting abusing them when they were 10 and then raped them when they were 13,’ she said.
The newspaper claims court documents show the man met one of women in a park where he paid her $5000 for a statutory declaration promising to keep silent.
The woman gave evidence against him anyway, and is one of the two victims to have come forward so far.
If the DPP succeeds in lifting the non-publication order on the case, the pair say it could lead to more victims giving evidence against TM.
District Court Judge John North handed TM a two-year suspended sentence with no supervision order.
The Dubbo predator, known as TM, was given a two year suspended sentence due to high cholesterol, sleeping problems and because he never had sex education (pictured is Judge John North, who handed down the suspended sentence)
TM escaped jail despite guilty pleas to 10 counts of historic sex crimes involving the two girls, aged eight and 10.
Judge North listed a series of bizarre reasons for why the man should receive credit, prompting the 55-year-old’s victims to call the sentence a ‘slap in the face.’
He spoke of TM’s ‘good character’ and naivety because of his lack of sex education, as well as his sleep deprivation over the case.
The judge noted TM’s diabetes, high cholesterol and chronic kidney disease would be difficult to treat in prison, where he would have to be contained in isolation.
‘He would be treated as a serious sex offender in custody, and I accept that he would have to spend a considerable time in protective custody, or indeed, in isolation,’ Judge North said.
‘Given his age and background and the nature of the offences, he would be vulnerable to abuse.’
TM’s work as a farmer grazier and the drought that plagued his properties from 2002 to 2012 were also noted.
Attorney-General Mark Speakman said new laws are due next year that will end suspended sentences such as the one given to TM.
‘I share longstanding community concerns about lenient sentences for abhorrent child sex abuse offences,’ he said.
One of the victims has claimed the 55-year-old from Dubbo (pictured is the Dubbo city centre) abused at least two other women, as the Director of Public Prosecutions looks into an appeal of his sentence