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Rape trial hears Indigenous tour guide Joseph Williams offered to help alleged victim with fertility
An Indigenous tour guide accused of raping multiple women over a number of years was in a consenting sexual relationship with the prosecution’s lead witness when the alleged offences occurred, a West Australian court has heard.
Key points:
- One of the six women who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Joseph Luke Williams has spent the second day of his trial giving evidence
- The complainant told Albany District Court she was never sexually attracted to Mr Williams and denied her allegations were motivated by jealousy
- Mr Williams has pleaded not guilty to all 14 charges against him and denies that he represented himself to the women as an elder and traditional healer
WARNING: This story contains details of alleged sexual assaults that readers…
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