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LIFE OF PRUE One-on-one with the Deputy Premier.
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MAN SENT TO PRISON FOR SERIES OF SHOCKING SEXUAL ATTACKS
RAPIST OFF THE STREETS MAKAYLA MUSCAT
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serial rapist has been jailed for a maximum of 19 years and four months for sexually abusing three separate victims. Scott Markham, 48, was sentenced at Penrith District Court last Friday, after he was
found guilty of 16 charges related to sexual offending during a trial last year. In 2021, he was formally charged with grooming a child for unlawful sexual activity, attempting to commit aggravated sexual assault, two counts of aggravated sexual assault in company, three counts of aggravated sexual touching and nine counts of sexually assaulting a victim with a cognitive
impairment. A graphic set of facts read out to the court detailed the abuse that Markham inflicted on his three victims, which included a teenager who had a cognitive impairment. The court heard the offending took place from April 2020 to January 2021 in Villawood and other parts of western Sydney, not long after he was released on parole for offending of a similar nature.
One of the victims, a 16-year-old, was physically and sexually abused by Markham on a number of occasions. The court heard that he sometimes used rope to tie her arms and legs together, put duct tape over her mouth and told her “police aren’t going to help you”. Story continues on » p. 2
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