Monday, June 29, 2009

John Xydias - Wicked of Oz - Drug-raped 225 women

He did not show any remorse and did not apologise for his actions: "It was clear the defendant was attempting to avoid prosecution for his actions with absurd explanations."


A man believed to be one of Australia's worst serial sex offenders is due to be sentenced on Tuesday.
John Xydias, 45, who blamed his victims for being drunk and filmed them while they were unconscious, has admitted responsibility for 86 sexual offences.
Last July, Xydias pleaded guilty to 25 counts of rape and 61 of indecent assault involving 11 women at the Glen Iris home he shared with his parents and at the family holiday house at Dromana between 1991 and 2006.
The court heard Xydias degraded his victims by rendering them unconscious using a combination of drugs including Rohypnol, dressing them in his collection of women's underwear and filming them in poses.

Xydias had said the women were unconscious because they either drank too much alcohol or took drugs and they trusted him to do what he wanted while affected.
His sentence will be heard in the Victorian Supreme Court.

John Xydias - branded one of the world’s worst serial rapists – imprisoned and filmed his victims.

But many were unaware of their ordeal until police showed them the videos, a court heard. Xydias kept one woman unconscious for three days at his holiday home while he raped her repeatedly.

He met some of his prey through a phone-dating service and others through friends.

The bleach-blond monster would lace alcohol, cannabis and coffee with date-rape drug Rohypnol before filming himself stripping them. He would then dress them in underwear he had bought himself and attack them.

Cops were tipped off when someone else saw a DVD of Xydias and several women, the judge was told.

When they raided his home they found 17 tapes of him raping women who were out cold alongside photos and lingerie. Prosecutors told the court in Melbourne, Australia, four victims were never traced despite searches stretching overseas.

According to the prosecution summary, he appeared co-operative but provided few names of his victims and gave some incorrect names.

He acknowledged his presence in the videos and the sexual acts but said he was having consensual sex with conscious women and claimed some of the women had filmed him (a claim the victims denied).

The summary says: "The defendant stated that when he was sexually involved with a conscious victim, the free agreement carried on through their loss of consciousness.

"This is despite the fact that numerous victims have never been consensually sexually involved with the defendant.

"The defendant failed to admit he rendered the victims unconscious through the use of drugs or other substances, basically blaming the victim for her loss of consciousness."

He did not show any remorse and did not apologise for his actions: "It was clear the defendant was attempting to avoid prosecution for his actions with absurd explanations."


"25% of all sex offenders re-offend within 15 years"
.........Sarah Tofte

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