VICTORIAN Senator Derryn Hinch has slammed Australia's justice system for failing to send two people who kept two disabled Warrnambool women against their will to prison.
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Kimberley Cramp, 28, and her partner-carer Alexander Trewin, 27, befriended the women before conning them into going to the couple's Wodonga home, where the victims were held between August 15 and October 12, 2016.
Cramp digitally raped both women, then aged 22 and 26 and with intellectual disabilities, Victoria's County Court was told on Friday.
Cramp and Trewin each pleaded guilty to two counts of false imprisonment and two of theft, while Cramp also pleaded guilty to three counts of rape.
Cramp was sentenced to a two-year community corrections order and Trewin to an 18-month community corrections order.
Mr Hinch said the sentences imposed were more proof the word court rhymed with rort on his Facebook page.
"Try to get your head around this: Two intellectually-impaired young women, 22 and 26, were held prisoners in Wodonga for two months in 2016 and repeatedly raped. Held captive and sexually abused," Mr Hinch wrote.
"Their captor, Kimberly Cramp, 28, also mildly disabled, and her own carer/partner, Alexander Trewin,27, also robbed the victims of around $10,000.
"Cramp and Trewin each pleaded guilty to two counts of false imprisonment and two of theft. Cramp also pleaded guilty to three counts of rape.
Mr Hinch questioned the judge's ruling.
"And what happened? Not one day in jail for either of them because County Court Judge Richard Smith thought prison would be "too onerous" for them. WTF?," he wrote.
"How onerous was it for the young victims? Raped, abused, held prisoner, and robbed.
"They spent more time in jail than their abusers -- even though Judge Smith said he was "concerned by the apparent lack of remorse shown, especially by Ms Cramp".
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