A Canberra man convicted of raping his former partner eleven times in May last year has been jailed for more than 13 years. The ACT Supreme Court heard how the offending left the victim ‘completely broken’ with her describing his actions as ‘evil’.
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00:0037-year-old Alan John Mattis pleaded guilty to 25 family violence charges against his
00:08on-again, off-again partner.
00:10The offences included 11 counts of sexual intercourse without consent, several assault
00:15charges and single counts of choking, capturing intimate images and distributing them.
00:21Agreed facts tended to the ACT Supreme Court revealed Mattis filled most of the offences
00:26on the victim's phone, while she was drug-affected and at times unconscious.
00:32When handing down the sentence, Justice Chrissa Lucas-Carlson said no woman deserves to be
00:37subject of this appalling treatment.
00:40She went on to say men and women are human beings, you cannot treat a fellow human being
00:46like a piece of meat.
00:48Justice Lucas-Carlson said the offender showed guarded prospects of rehabilitation and urged
00:53him to use his jail time as a wake-up call.
00:56With time already served, Mattis will be eligible for parole in October 2031.