A Melbourne man who indecently assaulted girls as young as 12 and a psychiatric patient who had been the victim of a previous sex attack has been jailed for three years and four months.
Anthony Roma, 53, of Sunbury, pleaded guilty to indecent acts against three girls aged between 12 and 17.
He also pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting a mentally ill sexual assault victim while he was a voluntary patient at a psychiatric unit in a Melbourne hospital.
In the Victorian County Court on Thursday, Judge Jane Patrick said Roma’s offending was brazen and disgusting, taking advantage of young girls in vulnerable positions.
The offending began in 1996 when he attacked a 12-year-old girl.
It continued in 2010 and 2011 when he repeatedly touched and kissed two teenage girls, sometimes while they were drunk.
Following his arrest for those offences, Roma was voluntarily admitted to a psychiatric unit at a Melbourne hospital where he repeatedly indecently assaulted another patient.
Roma pleaded guilty to several charges, including seven counts of indecent assault, two charges of assault, three counts of indecent acts with a child, and supplying valium to a child.
Judge Patrick said he lacked remorse, empathy and insight into his offending.
“It’s clear that your actions have caused great distress and harm to the victims,” she said.
“I accept that you were not going out into the world looking for victims but it is my view that you deliberately set out engaging in activities with young women in order to prey on them in a sexual way.”
Roma will spend a minimum two years and three months in jail and will report as a serious sex offender for life.
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