The man was sentenced to over six years' jail for a string of charges, including aggravated rape, committed against a 14-year-old girl. (ABC News: Ian Cutmore)
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A man has been jailed for nearly seven years after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in what the judge described as a terrifying ordeal.
The 19-year-old man was charged with five counts of rape, an act of indecency and an aggravated threat to kill after he held a machete to the girl's throat.
What's next?
The man's sentence will be suspended after three years, when he will be freed to live under close supervision for the remainder.
An ACT Supreme Court judge has sentenced a man to nearly seven years jail after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl over five days.
Acting Justice Rebecca Christensen told the court it must have been a terrifying ordeal for the girl.
The 19-year-old man was charged with five counts of aggravated rape, one act of indecency and a threat to kill after he held a machete to the girl's throat.
The court heard at one point he asked the girl if he could kill her.
She told him no, because she didn't want to die.
At another time he told her he planned to go out for a nice dinner and then stab her and then stab himself.
Machete seized in police raid
Police had gone to the house several times looking for the girl, but the man and his mother denied she was there.
Eventually the girl was able to return home and the police raided the man's home, where items including the machete were seized.
Acting Justice Christensen told the court she was concerned about the "escalation to physical violence" and the "concerning degree of controlling behaviour involved".
"His conduct exploited her vulnerability,"
Acting Justice Christensen said.
Man avoids child sex offenders registry
A report to the court suggested the man had been suffering mental health problems.
But Acting Justice Christensen said that had to be considered against the fact it was a protracted incident with opportunities to reflect and stop.
She also reflected on the man's rehabilitation, saying she hesitated to characterise his prospects as good because he has shown limited remorse or insight.
Acting Justice Christensen sentenced the man to six years and nine months' jail, but that will be suspended after three years when he will be freed to live in the community for the rest of the sentence, under strict conditions.
But he won't be placed on the child sex offenders register after an assessment found no tendency to paedophilia.