A former army officer cadet is behind bars tonight after he was found guilty in the ACT Supreme Court of raping a colleague at the Australian Defence Force Academy. Jake Sullivan was found guilty of two counts of rape and one of assault, although he was cleared of three other charges.
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00:00Jake Sullivan had been looking forward to a successful career in the army.
00:07Now he's in jail.
00:09The victim told the court she had agreed to sex in her room at ADFA, but about 10 minutes
00:15into the encounter, she said Sullivan had become aggressive and hurt her.
00:20She turned her back to stop, but she told the court Sullivan continued anyway.
00:25The prosecutor told the jury the case was straightforward.
00:29The sole issue for each charge is that it turned non-consensual.
00:34There was consent, and then there wasn't.
00:37The woman told the court after Sullivan left, she began bawling, and called a friend saying
00:43Sully's raped me.
00:45Sullivan told the court he thought the woman was infatuated with him, but he wanted to
00:50leave it at sex.
00:52His lawyers told the jury the pair were at odds.
00:56This was a relationship where the parties never quite communicated at the same level.
01:01Did she feel slighted and disrespected, and crushed by the realisation?
01:06Jake Sullivan was shocked by the verdict, shaking his head and looking distressed.
01:12His lawyers sought bail, but it was refused and he's been taken to jail after Justice
01:17Belinda Baker said a custodial sentence was inevitable.
01:21He'll be sentenced at a later date.