08-05-2003, 01:39 PM
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Sex with stranger costs $37,500
A MAN who "took advantage" of a woman he found sleeping in his bed was yesterday ordered to pay her $37,500 in criminal compensation.
In February last year, a District Court jury in Brisbane convicted Philip Steven Corvo, 24, of two counts of sexual assault on a woman, on November 6, 1999.
The trial heard that the woman, 21, met a man at a night club and went with him to a unit in the inner city suburb of Spring Hill.
They had consensual sex and the man left, leaving the woman asleep.
The trial heard that Corvo, who lived at the unit, arrived home and found the woman asleep in his bed.
He performed two sex acts on her but was disturbed when the other man returned and the woman realised that Corvo was not her earlier sexual partner.
Judge Michael Shanahan found Corvo had been under the influence of alcohol, and had acted impulsively.
He further found Corvo had been placed under an added strain after a magistrate originally refused to commit him to trial but the Department of Public Prosecution then proceeded on an ex-officio indictment.
However, Judge Shanahan said that in the end it was a case where Corvo had taken advantage of the woman and disregarded any of her rights.
Corvo was sentenced to 12 months jail to be suspended after four months.
After the conviction the woman sued Corvo for criminal compensation, alleging she had suffered mental and nervous shock and other psychological injuries.
Barrister Tony Kimmins, for the woman, said psychiatric evidence showed she had suffered major problems including no longer trusting men.
Judge Shanahan yesterday found the woman's mental injury to be in the serious category and ordered that Corvo pay her $37,500 in compensation.
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08-09-2003, 01:37 PM
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Just me.
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: West central Illinois
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I feel a little bad for the guy. After all she was in HIS bed and it doesn't sound like he "forced" her to have the sex. It's hard to imagine she didn't know he was having sex with her or that she couldn't tell the difference between the two guys or that she didn't even open her eyes during the sex. Sounds like if her first "lover" hadn't returned she wouldn't have minded.
Was it established how much it would have cost to have had the sex with her permission? Dinner and some drinks at the night club couldn't have cost more than a $100 or two.
The punishment to me sounds a bit excessive.
Now if he FORCED sex on her, that's a different question (although I'm still not sure why the other guy had her in Corvo's bed). Whole thing sounds a little goofy.
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08-09-2003, 01:58 PM
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yada, yada, yada
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Join Date: Sep 2001
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I suppose you could read this one two ways:
1. She was asleep and this guy was getting his jollys. In that case it would be sexual assault, and the guy deserves everything the court throws at him.
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2. She was awake. In that case I think they have a very flimsy case for sexual assault. She was concious and able to voice a refusal for sex. If you read it this way, the guy was never told "no", no attempts were made to stop the act, ect. Also doesn't sound as though any force, nor threat of force was used, or that any coersion was used.
I'm with DB, this one sounds fishy. Albeit, we don't have all the facts, but I kinda think the woman was embarassed at being caught in the bed with another man, said "he tricked me" then stuck to her story.
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