A Perth restaurant owner has been sentenced over the horrific rape of a woman in her own home while she was so drunk she had passed out, his third sexual assault conviction.
Alberto Nicoletti, 33, found the woman outside the Windsor Hotel in South Perth in July 2020 after she fell over and, “showering her with compliments”, drove her home where she passed out drunk on her bed. He then proceeded to rape her, which he denied, telling a jury it was a consensual act.
Lago di Como owner Alberto Nicoletti who is facing sexual penetration charges. Credit: Lago Di Como Restaurant
But in a victim impact statement the woman, now 29, told the court she still experiences flashbacks and nightmares about the incident that happened when she was 23 years old.
“I often feel overwhelmed by sadness and anger,” she said, after telling a jury she had woken up on her bed the same night to find Nicoletti on top of her.
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