Balesh Dhankhar, a prominent member of the Indian community in Australia, was found guilty of raping five Korean women in Sydney after drugging them, a media report said on Monday which described him as 바카라one of the worst rapists바카라 in the city's recent history.
What is the case all about?
A District Court jury in Sydney바카라s Downing Centre on Monday found the 바카라politically connected predator바카라 lured five Korean women into a web of lies, paralysed them with drugs and hoarded trophies of his callous assaults, the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reported.
It also reported that he was the former chief of the 'Overseas Friends of the BJP' in Australia.
Dhankhar also recorded his sexual assaults using a camera hidden in his bedside alarm clock and on his phone, it said.
바카라Balesh Dhankhar is one of the worst rapists in Sydney바카라s recent history,바카라 it said.
In 2018, police found dozens of videos of Dhankar with other women, the report added.
Sometimes the women are unconscious, other times they struggle and groan as if in a nightmare.
The videos were sorted into folders, each labelled with a Korean woman바카라s name. Then detectives found a series of bookmarks in Dhankhar바카라s browser.
One video went for 95 minutes, a montage of unconscious women subjected to sex.
The New South Wales Police officer in charge of Dhankhar바카라s case, Sergeant Katrina Gyde, suspected Dhankhar was living out a disturbed fantasy.
바카라The videos (bookmarked online) are very similar to the videos you took,바카라 Crown prosecutor Kate Nightingale said in this month's trial.
바카라Not at all,바카라 Dhankhar replied.
바카라You thought it was fun... watching Korean women who were unconscious, impaired,바카라 the prosecutor said.
바카라It is just a porn video, it has nothing to do with the unconscious, impaired,바카라 Dhankhar insisted.
Dhankhar recorded his sexual assaults using a camera hidden in his bedside alarm clock and on his phone.
The contents of the videos are too confronting to describe in detail. The jury writhed as they watched the videos. At one stage it became too much and they asked to be sent home early, the report said.
Legal actions taken against Dhankhar
Dhankhar, a data expert, cried on Monday as the jury foreman replied 바카라guilty바카라 to each of the 39 charges against him.
He asked to remain on bail but Judge Michael King refused before Dhankhar was handcuffed and led away by officers.
Dhankhar, 43, will face court again in May and will be sentenced later in the year, the report said.
Dhankhar바카라s wife supported him in court, often in tears.
The only time Dhankhar cried was while explaining he lied to women because he was lonely after an extra-marital affair broke down. He blamed his loneliness on the 바카라unfulfilling바카라 intimacy of his marriage, the report said.
Dhankhar sold his family바카라s assets and properties to fund his legal defence. He was assigned a rising star barrister.
(With PTI Inputs)
