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Rapist with IQ of 75 jailed for broad-daylight attack in Ballarat mallWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismisscloseAdvertisementBy Log in, or to save articles for later.Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeAdvertisementA man who raped a young woman outside a shopping mall in plain view of witnesses has been jailed for eight years.Jessie Wright grabbed the woman, then 19, from behind as she stood waiting to cross the road and reached under her dress and digitally raped her.The attack took place in front of other people, outside the Bridge Mall in Ballarat, around 11am on March 5 last year. Three men saw the rape and ran to the screaming woman's aid as Wright ran away, the County Court heard on Friday.The victim and the men followed Wright and he went to a police station and admitted to an officer, "I've done something bad." Later, he told investigators he saw the woman and had "a bit of perve" and followed her because he wanted to grab her.Judge Christopher Ryan said the attack was a serious example of a serious charge, carried out after Wright had initially walked in the opposite direction to the woman, until he turned and followed her."You pursued her in broad daylight in a public place and raped her," he said.Wright's crime bore "striking" similarities to his previous offending, which included him serving a previous jail term for four charges of sexual assault. The judge didn't outline Wright's previous crimes.The woman experienced regular nightmares afterwards, and moved interstate soon after for work. But when she returned to Ballarat for a birthday she had a panic attack when she went near the mall."She wakes shaking, screaming and terrified in the dark from these nightmares," the judge said."Your criminal conduct has profoundly and adversely affected your victim and these adverse effects will be with her for some years to come."AdvertisementWright pleaded guilty to rape.Now aged in his 20s, Wright has low intellectual functioning, with an IQ of 75, serious mental health problems and a history of alcohol and drug use dating back to his early teens.Judge Ryan said the former bricklayer's cognitive difficulties meant he often felt disinhibited and couldn't consider the impact of his actions on others, and lacked the abilities to control his impulses and make rational decisions.These factors, the judge said, called for the community to be protected as there was a likelihood Wright would offend again.He must serve six years before he is eligible for parole and will be on the sex offenders register for life.If you or anyone you know needs support, you can contact the National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service on (1800 737 732), 131 114, or 1300 224 636.The most important news, analysis and insights delivered to your inbox at the start and end of each day. .Log in, or to save articles for later. joined The Age in 2011 after a decade with AAP. Email or tweet Adam with your news tips.Advertisement

Rapist with IQ of 75 jailed for broad-daylight attack in Ballarat mallWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismisscloseAdvertisementBy Log in, or to save articles for later.Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeAdvertisementA man who raped a young woman outside a shopping mall in plain view of witnesses has been jailed for eight years.Jessie Wright grabbed the woman, then 19, from behind as she stood waiting to cross the road and reached under her dress and digitally raped her.The attack took place in front of...

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