An indian community leader was found guilty of the "premeditated and elaborately executed" rapes of five Korean women and given a 40-year prison sentence by an Australian court. australia Today reports that Balesh Dhankhar, 43, was sentenced at the Downing Centre district Court on Friday, march 7, and was given a 30-year non-parole period.
Former IT consultant Dhankhar lured victims, South Korean women between the ages of 21 and 27, with fictitious employment ads before drugging and abusing them in or close to his Sydney home. After that, he would rape the women while groping them.
According to the report, Dhankar showed no emotion during the delivery of the verdict. Following a jury trial in 2023, he was convicted of 39 offenses, including 13 charges of rape.
Judge Michael king of the district Court vehemently denounced Dhankhar's conduct, calling it "premeditated, elaborately executed, manipulative, and highly predatory." The offender's pursuit of sexual fulfillment was carried out with utter and heartless contempt for each victim, the judge emphasized.
The judge reportedly stated, "This was an egregious sequence of planned predatory conduct against five unrelated young and vulnerable women over a significant period," according to the australia Today article.
At the time of the incident, the Korean ladies were either profoundly disabled or unconscious. Additionally, he kept a spreadsheet that ranked applicants for his fictitious job advertising according to looks, IQ, and perceived vulnerability, and he recorded his attacks for future sexual enjoyment, according to evidence produced in court.
In october 2018, Dhankar preyed on a fifth woman, which led to the revelation of his crimes. A video recorder disguised as a clock radio and date-rape medications were found during a police raid on his apartment in Sydney's central business district.
Dhankhar was a respected member of the Indian-Australian community until his arrest in 2018. He was the spokesperson for the Hindu Council of australia and the founder of a bjp satellite group.
In his professional life, he served as a data visualization consultant for big businesses like Sydney Trains, Toyota, british American Tobacco, and ABC. In 2006, he arrived in australia as a student.
Judge king emphasized that Dhankhar's portrayal as a community leader was "entirely inconsistent" with the crimes he committed, pointing out the sharp discrepancy between his public character and his actual predatory nature.
Dhankhar has persisted in denying that the encounters were not consensual or that he drugged the victim. A "difference in how I interpret consent, to how the law sees consent" was what he said to a report writer.
Notably, Dhankhar will be 83 years old when his entire 40-year sentence is up, with his non-parole period scheduled to end in april 2053.
Former IT consultant Dhankhar lured victims, South Korean women between the ages of 21 and 27, with fictitious employment ads before drugging and abusing them in or close to his Sydney home. After that, he would rape the women while groping them.
According to the report, Dhankar showed no emotion during the delivery of the verdict. Following a jury trial in 2023, he was convicted of 39 offenses, including 13 charges of rape.
Judge Michael king of the district Court vehemently denounced Dhankhar's conduct, calling it "premeditated, elaborately executed, manipulative, and highly predatory." The offender's pursuit of sexual fulfillment was carried out with utter and heartless contempt for each victim, the judge emphasized.
The judge reportedly stated, "This was an egregious sequence of planned predatory conduct against five unrelated young and vulnerable women over a significant period," according to the australia Today article.
At the time of the incident, the Korean ladies were either profoundly disabled or unconscious. Additionally, he kept a spreadsheet that ranked applicants for his fictitious job advertising according to looks, IQ, and perceived vulnerability, and he recorded his attacks for future sexual enjoyment, according to evidence produced in court.
In october 2018, Dhankar preyed on a fifth woman, which led to the revelation of his crimes. A video recorder disguised as a clock radio and date-rape medications were found during a police raid on his apartment in Sydney's central business district.
Dhankhar was a respected member of the Indian-Australian community until his arrest in 2018. He was the spokesperson for the Hindu Council of australia and the founder of a bjp satellite group.
In his professional life, he served as a data visualization consultant for big businesses like Sydney Trains, Toyota, british American Tobacco, and ABC. In 2006, he arrived in australia as a student.
Judge king emphasized that Dhankhar's portrayal as a community leader was "entirely inconsistent" with the crimes he committed, pointing out the sharp discrepancy between his public character and his actual predatory nature.
Dhankhar has persisted in denying that the encounters were not consensual or that he drugged the victim. A "difference in how I interpret consent, to how the law sees consent" was what he said to a report writer.
Notably, Dhankhar will be 83 years old when his entire 40-year sentence is up, with his non-parole period scheduled to end in april 2053.
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