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6/27/2025, 2:13:08 PM No.508866381
>An immigrant retail worker has been found guilty of twice raping a female customer inside an arts store at a Canberra shopping centre.
>Abhishek Timalsina, who is in his early 30’s and married, had his bail revoked on Tuesday after an ACT Supreme Court jury found him guilty of two counts of sexual intercourse without consent and four counts of committing an act of indecency without consent.
>In a police interview played to the court Timalsina’s victim said she visited the store to return some art supplies when they began to talk and he asked to take photographs of her.
>She said that he took some photos of her after she first refused but then gave in, following which he said “do you want me to kiss you?” and before she could answer told her “I’m just going to go for it”.
>He then closed the shop and took her to a staffroom where he raped her twice. The women told police she had “stopped reacting completely” by that point and that she was concerned about getting pregnant so asked him if he had protection.
>The woman said that after the first rape she “didn’t know if I had permission to stand up so I just stayed there”, and Timalsina then said “oh, you want more” and raped her again, the original trial heard.
>She told police she “felt like everything was going wrong”, felt “sick and disgusted” and thatshe had physically resisted twice.
>The court heard that Timalsina told police he thought the pair were “vibing and connecting”, that he thought they had been “flirting” and that because she kissed him back and did not say “stop” that he believed he had consent.
https://www.noticer.news/canberra-nepalese-arts-store-rape/
>Abhishek Timalsina, who is in his early 30’s and married, had his bail revoked on Tuesday after an ACT Supreme Court jury found him guilty of two counts of sexual intercourse without consent and four counts of committing an act of indecency without consent.
>In a police interview played to the court Timalsina’s victim said she visited the store to return some art supplies when they began to talk and he asked to take photographs of her.
>She said that he took some photos of her after she first refused but then gave in, following which he said “do you want me to kiss you?” and before she could answer told her “I’m just going to go for it”.
>He then closed the shop and took her to a staffroom where he raped her twice. The women told police she had “stopped reacting completely” by that point and that she was concerned about getting pregnant so asked him if he had protection.
>The woman said that after the first rape she “didn’t know if I had permission to stand up so I just stayed there”, and Timalsina then said “oh, you want more” and raped her again, the original trial heard.
>She told police she “felt like everything was going wrong”, felt “sick and disgusted” and thatshe had physically resisted twice.
>The court heard that Timalsina told police he thought the pair were “vibing and connecting”, that he thought they had been “flirting” and that because she kissed him back and did not say “stop” that he believed he had consent.
https://www.noticer.news/canberra-nepalese-arts-store-rape/
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