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Indigenous tour guide Joseph Williams jailed for sexually assaulting six women
An award-winning former tour guide who preyed on vulnerable women by falsely claiming he could heal trauma has been sentenced to 12 years behind bars in Western Australia.
Key points:
- The offending occurred under the guise of traditional cultural practices
- The court heard Williams’s manipulative tactics “negated the need for physical violence”
- The judge said Mr Williams’s actions ensured there was “no opportunity for informed consent”
Joseph Luke Williams, 58, was sentenced in Albany District Court on Monday afternoon on 12 counts of sexual assault against six women over a four-year period from 2010.
Williams was found guilty of assaulting the women under the guise of cultural practices in March following a nine-day trial.
The court…
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