Navy rapist treated victim like a prop

A NAVY sailor jailed for raping a sleeping female colleague while filming on his mobile phone treated her like a prop, a judge said.

Keith Eric Calvert, 24, turned the camera on himself and gave the thumbs-up signal after digitally raping the woman, who was lying face down and unconscious on a bed after a night out drinking.

County Court Judge Michael Tinney said the footage was disturbing.

He said the victim "lay inert, silent and motionless, out to the world ... she was entirely unconscious".

He said Calvert held his phone in one hand while penetrating the 18-year-old with the other, treating her "as no more than an object or a prop".

"You should be ashamed of yourself," Judge Tinney said, calling it "disgraceful conduct".

Calvert's lawyer, David Sexton, had argued that bragging about sexual exploits and videoing them was part of the culture at the HMAS Cerberus training base south of Melbourne.

Calvert was found guilty last month of digitally raping the woman in a Melbourne home after a drunken night out at Crown Casino with five male colleagues in January, 2009.

The trial was told the woman stripped to her underwear during a game of truth or dare before the assaults. When Calvert tried to film her in this state of undress, she told him to stop.

Judge Tinney said this should have alerted Calvert to her attitude.

The woman was unaware she had been raped until three months later, when a colleague revealed he had seen sexually explicit images of her with Calvert.

Judge Tinney ordered Calvert to serve 3 1/2 years' jail before being eligible for parole.

heraldsun.com.au 30 Sep 2011

Another government cover up, where the government states that there is nothing wrong, whereas the actual climate for female staff is degrading and harassment, is a regular occurrence, of which the authorities are well aware of, but quieten any matters down before they escalate further.

The general method employed by the powers that be, are of intimidation, and career demotion or even the threat of not finding another job, ever.

These fear mongering tactics are used against women in order, so that the government has a 'pristine' record.