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Australia Youth Church leader rapist, jailed for 21 years
* From: AAP
* June 29, 2011 10:36AM
A MELBOURNE youth church leader who raped a 14-year-old girl,
poured petrol on her and set her alight has been jailed for 21
years.
Michael Tuano Hermogenes, 25, plied the girl with alcohol before
choking her with one of her stockings, raping her, taking photos
of her while she was naked and unconscious, then setting her and
her house alight to hide his crimes.
She suffered permanent injuries including burns to half her body,
amputation of her right toes and spent almost a year in hospital.
Hermogenes pleaded guilty to charges including arson, attempted
murder and rape over the attack at the girl's home in Melbourne's
west in May 2010.
He must serve 16 years before he is eligible for parole.