Of course this has happened in rural Queensland from the report in the Brisbane Times I doubt that anyone could conclude anything other than this “man” (if you can call him that) is a serial sex offender who should have been locked up for the protection of women and children in our community, but he has been set free on a bloody probation order. 
Nicholas John Fitzpatrick, 18, pleaded guilty today to one count of attempted indecent treatment of a child under 16 and one count of sexual assault, as well as several motor vehicle and failure to report charges.
Brisbane’s District Court heard Fitzpatrick had a history of serious sexual assault and was previously convicted of raping a three-year-old girl in 2003.
On January 7 this year, Fitzpatrick was in a park at Kingaroy when he approached a 15-year-old girl and asked her for sex.
The girl rejected his advances but Fitzpatrick began rubbing the inside of her leg. He was arrested after the victim told her mother what had happened.
Two days later, while on bail, he was travelling on a bus from Kingaroy to Brisbane when he sexually assaulted a pregnant 17-year-old woman.
The court heard Fitzpatrick was initially sitting behind the woman on the bus, but changed to the seat beside her and began asking personal questions about her love life.
He then asked the woman to perform oral sex on him, but she refused. A short time later he grabbed her hand and put it on his crotch, before exposing himself to her.
The man’s defence barrister said Fitzpatrick had been placed in state care when he was seven years old and had lived in a number of foster homes since.
The rape conviction relates to the sexual assault of his younger foster sister.
Judge Tony Rafter sentenced Fitzpatrick to 18 months’ imprisonment, wholly suspended after today, and placed him on three years’ probation.
In handing down his decision, Judge Rafter said he took into account the 196 days Fitzpatrick had already spent in custody prior to sentencing.
As anyone can tell you, probation orders are not any bloody good when it comes to reforming those who are firmly fixed in a pattern of offending like this scrote seems to be. Despite the fact that he was probably abused as a child ect ect the primary duty of the courts has to be to protect the community and to ensure that the women and children that this scrote may come into contact with are not going to be annoyed, assaulted or raped.
Does anyone care to suggest how long it will be before he offends again?
My guess is that it will be a matter of days rather than weeks…
Angry Comrades, and disappointed that the judiciary has learned nothing from that case in Aurukun…
Filed under: Ethical questions, Justice, Law, Political Correctness, Queensland, the Law | Tagged: Aurukun, Judge Tony Rafter, Nicholas John Fitzpatrick
