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Michael Paul Benfell jailed for at least 12 years for twice raping sleeping woman in her Parkside home
A man who broke into a woman’s Parkside home in Adelaide’s inner-south and twice raped the woman in her bed in the “most humiliating and egregious way” will spend at least 12 years in jail.
Key points:
- Michael Paul Benfell twice raped a woman in her Parkside home in 2018
- He was found guilty at trial last year
- Benfell has been sentenced to 15 years in jail with a non-parole period of 12 years
Michael Paul Benfell was found guilty by a jury last year of two counts of rape and one count of aggravated serious criminal trespass on April 10, 2018.
The 26-year-old walked into the house through an unlocked back door and waited in a different room before getting into bed with the sleeping woman and raping her.
The District Court previously heard the…
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