Convicted child sex offender and Opera Australia are sued for rape of 14-year-old girl dailymail.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailymail.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Mr Dawson, who is accused of murdering his wife, Lynette, was refused a permanent stay in the Supreme Court last year. On Friday, the Court of Criminal Appeal upheld this decision.
Matthew Patrick Fisher, now 25, sneaked into woman s room and got in her bed
She was sleeping when sex was initiated she thought he was her lover
Only as he was leaving did she realise he was a completely different man
Fisher was found guilty of rape but only got a community corrections order
Prosecutors appealed it as plainly unjust and he was jailed for five years
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