Justin Saliba’s behaviour was described as ‘grotesque’ after a girl woke to seek out him assaulting her earlier than he went on to rape her
A person sexually abused and raped a girl then claimed she had “dreamt” the assault, a court docket has heard.
A decide described 50-year-old Justin Saliba’s behaviour as “grotesque” and instructed him he had finished “irreparable harm” to his vicitm.
Cardiff Crown Court docket heard that assault passed off in 2021 on the defendant’s flat in Cardiff. The sufferer had consumed “a good quantity of alcohol” and hashish in addition to taking her prescription remedy earlier than falling asleep.
The court docket heard the girl woke to seek out Saliba licking her genitals and backside earlier than raping her. Throughout the rape the defendant known as the sufferer “child”.
The assault got here to finish when the sufferer’s telephone rang and he or she managed to flee the room. The girl reported the incident to relations and the police had been known as.
Saliba was arrested and interviewed and denied the allegations. For the newest court docket tales signal as much as out crime e-newsletter.
The matter went to trial the place the defendant maintained his innocence.
He stated the sexual assault had by no means occurred and it was all a dream on the a part of the complainant who was complicated her dream with actuality.
Justin Saliba, of Cheam Place, Llanishen, Cardiff, had beforehand been convicted of sexual assault and rape when he returned to the dock for sentencing. He has eight earlier convictions for 25 offences, none of that are for sexual issues.
In an announcement learn to the court docket by prosecutor Nik Strobl the sufferer stated she would by no means recover from what had occurred to her, saying it might stay together with her for the remainder of her life.
Kathryn Lane, for Saliba, stated references earlier than the court docket confirmed there was one other facet to the defendant as a “compassionate” household man.
Choose Eugene Egan stated Saliba had recognized of his sufferer’s susceptible state when he molested after which raped her.
He described the defendant’s behaviour as “grotesque” and instructed him he had finished irreparable harm to his sufferer.
Saliba was sentenced to 11 years in jail and can serve two-thirds of the sentence in custody earlier than being launched on licence to serve the rest locally. He might be a registered intercourse offender for the remainder of his life.
