An Indian-origin doctor of Australia has been jailed for six years for raping a woman seven times in just one night and also taking pictures of his actions with his mobile phone.
A County Court jury found Arvind Sharma, 37, guilty last month of seven counts of rape and three counts of indecent assault over the attacks in December 2006.
Sharma and his victim, then 24, were known to each other and previously had consensual sex.
The two were night-clubbing in Bendigo before returning to Sharma's house were the attacks took place, the court heard.
In his 2006 police interview, Sharma said he was shocked at the allegations. He said the victim was ''out of it'' but not ''comatose''. ''She was out of it. She wasn't passed out but she was out of it,'' Sharma said. ''She was drunk and I was drunk.''
Asked if the woman was consenting, Sharma said: ''By saying that, she didn't say no. We were kissing, cuddling … in a drunk sort of way so there was no 'no way' or anything like that.''
Sharma said he told the woman he was going to take photos, to which she mumbled: ''Do whatever you want''. ''She wasn't really that responsive to the fact I was doing that. She was just lying there … she was drunk, I was drunk,'' Sharma, who estimated he took four or five photos,