Klay Holland who bashed and raped house intruder Shane Cox jailed in Melbourne

A Melbourne man who overpowered and raped an intruder will spend at the very least 4 years in jail. 

Klay Holland, 32, confronted the Supreme Courtroom of Victoria on Tuesday when he was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment, with a non-parole interval of 4 years and 10 months.

Holland’s sufferer, Shane Cox, had damaged right into a unit in Melton in Melbourne’s west in March 2021 armed with a knife and sporting a masks.

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He had requested for cash and medicines, and was allegedly linked to others who had gone to the house to face over a resident.

Cox, 36, who was excessive on methylamphetamine, was overpowered by Holland who was a visitor on the house.

Cox was overwhelmed with a baseball bat and was incapacitated on the ground, the place Holland then raped him. 

His physique was discovered on the scene below a pile of blankets a day later by police, who arrived on the property on an unrelated matter.

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He was hogtied, his mouth was duct taped and his pants had been pulled all the way down to his higher thighs.

In March, a jury convicted Holland of 1 cost of rape, however he was discovered not responsible of manslaughter.

Justice Christopher Beale described Holland’s offending as premeditated and notably humiliating. 

“Your rape of Mr Cox was a callous, degrading and humiliating act of retribution,” Justice Beale stated. 

Holland’s psychological impairment, time in jail in the course of the pandemic and separation from his three younger youngsters had been all considered for sentencing. 

Help is accessible from the Nationwide Sexual Assault, Home Household Violence Counselling Service at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).