A former hairdresser who sexually molested a 14-year-old girl at a cinema has been sentenced to two and a half years in jail.
Kimrae Fortaleza, 22, told the victim that she would "get used to the pain" as he forced his hand under her clothes and continued the assault despite the girl's efforts to stop him.
The ACT Supreme Court heard that at the time of the offence in January 2010, Fortaleza was already on bail for more offences involving sex with underage girls in 2008 and 2009.
Fortaleza met the victim at a birthday party at the Phillip ice-skating rink and exchanged phone numbers with the girl, organising to meet up for a movie the next day.
The court heard Fortaleza then kissed the girl and touched her inappropriately during the movie, telling the girl he had lied about having a girlfriend and telling her she would get used to the pain of the assault.
Fortaleza pleaded guilty to one count of sexual intercourse with a child aged under 16.
He is already serving a prison sentence for the 2008 and 2009 charges of having sex with two other 14-year-old girls.
This morning Justice Hilary Penfold said the girl told of pain, ongoing difficulties at school and blunted emotions after the incident and said she felt dirty, weak and humiliated.
Justice Penfold said the earlier sex charges meant Fortaleza would have been aware that "the law frowned on" his actions when he molested the girl at the cinema and he still appeared to struggle with the idea that he had done anything wrong.
But she said he appeared to be genuinely remorseful about the impact of his actions on the victim and had empathy for the loneliness and hurt the girl had experienced.
Justice Penfold said reports tendered in court showed Fortaleza was significantly immature and had no grasp of sexual boundaries but was not a sexual predator.
She imposed a jail sentence of two and a half years, extending Fortaleza's current prison term by 18 months to a total of eight years.
Fortaleza will be eligible for parole in August 2014.
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