A 53-year-old man who tried to rape a 13-year-old girl after dragging her into the bushes in broad daylight has been found not guilty due to mental incompetence.
A former South Australian police officer turned drug boss has been sentenced to 21 years in jail for trading drugs in what a court heard was a complex business run on the dark web.
The former artistic director of the State Opera of South Australia has been jailed for 14 years after being found guilty of abusing two teenage girls while working as a music teacher three decades ago.
Sentencing Timothy Adrian Sexton, 60, on Friday, Judge Geraldine Davison said the protection of children was paramount as she also imposed a non-parole period of eight years in relation to Sexton s convictions on two counts of maintaining an unlawful sexual relationship with a child.
Judge Davison said the lengthy terms were appropriate given Sexton had not accepted the verdict of the jury and continued to deny any sexual offending.