Two men have been jailed over the rape and sexual assault of a teenage girl while she was sleeping drunk on the couch of a Griffith unit last year.
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Last month, a jury found Jason Dodd, 40, and Kevin O'Rafferty, 42, guilty of sexually assaulting the 16-year-old as she lay in Dodd's Stuart Flats unit in the early hours of May 18 last year.
The teenager was friends with the pair, and had stayed at Dodd's unit in the past.
She caught a bus there with a friend after a night of drinking on May 17.
Dodd, O'Rafferty, and a third man were at the unit, and were drunk on the night.
The victim went to sleep on Dodd's lounge room couch, and had been left there alone by her friend at some point in the night.
The teenager woke in the early hours of the morning, to find some of her clothes removed and her bra and shirt pushed up.
The pair were both sexually assaulting her, and she blacked out.
She woke again to find the assault continuing, passed back out, and then woke in the morning to find herself in a bedroom of the unit.
Some of her clothes were missing, and the button and zipper of her jeans were damaged, indicating the use of force.
She left the unit in distress, forgetting to pick up her EpiPen, and went to her school.
The victim met three friends, who told the court the teenager had appeared upset and distressed.
She told them what had happened, before going back to the refuge where she was staying, and also told workers there.
The police were called, and the victim was taken to hospital for examination.
Police searched Dodd's unit the next day, and found her DNA on the inside of Dodd's underwear.
The pair were arrested, and eventually faced trial last month.
Dodd was found guilty of an act of indecency and sexual intercourse without consent, while O'Rafferty was found guilty of one charge and cleared of another.
Acting Justice John Nield said neither offender had shown any remorse or regret for the crimes against the victim, which he said would have caused her "significant emotional harm".
Justice Nield said it was likely the assault would stay with her for a long time, and was likely to affect her relationships in later life.
He said he hoped she could get counselling to help put the episode behind her.
Justice Nield said he thought it unlikely that Dodd and O'Rafferty would not reoffend.
"Frankly, I think their futures will be much like their pasts," he said.
He said they were likely to remain unemployed, and continue depending on welfare, drinking excessive amounts of alcohol and "drifting through life without aim or purpose".
Dodd was sentenced to seven years and six months jail, and will be eligible for parole in March 2017.
O'Rafferty was sentenced to five years jail, with his earliest parole date on February 25, 2016.
