After a young girl was snatched from Kmart and sexually assaulted, she saw her attacker break down. Then she asked a heartbreaking question.
It was a bustling summer Saturday like any other at a Brisbane Westfield when a mother took her seven-year-old girl shopping for Christmas gifts.
But, as she pottered away from her mother for a final time, she was approached by a man in black who had been lurking in the toy section for around 20 minutes.Source:News Corp AustraliaShe listened to him and began to walk alongside the stranger, who was wearing sunglasses, a baseball cap and a large necklace, through the crowded shop towards the exit.
It’s claimed that on this journey Free “snapped out of it” and broke down in tears — “feeling horrible” about what he had done and how the girl’s mother would react. The court heard how Free was a porn addict with a pedophilic disorder who had trouble controlling his impulses.He was given an eight-year sentence.His defence argued he was merely “window shopping” for Christmas presents that December day, when he saw the girl and lost control.
Free’s lawyer Shaune Irving read a statement from his client outside court. Picture: AAP Image/Jono Searle“I today accept the punishment imposed upon me by the justice system,” the statement read.
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