Disability worker Arjun Kandel has been handed a 12-year sentence for raping a woman with intellectual disablity in his care.
The judge says “predators” like Kandel target the vulnerable and jailing him would protect the community.
Kandel will be eligible to apply for parole in 2031.
Judge Liesl Kudelka told Kandel the penalty she imposed should work as a warning to “predators like [him]” who commit “horrific acts”.
“Sadly, there are people like you who target the vulnerable because of their vulnerability,” she said.
“Abusers like you think you’ll get away with it because someone with such an intellectual disability will either be unable to complain, or if they do, no-one will believe them.
“So, predators like you should be warned in these terms: we have a very vulnerable person here who did complain, she did speak out and she was believed.”