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Topic:Sexual Offences

Ricky Brown was sentenced in South Australia's District Court. (ABC News: Che Chorley)

A man has been jailed for raping a teenager under the care of South Australia's Department for Child Protection.

The teenager met Ricky Brown, 33, near a shopping centre in Adelaide's south after an argument with her carers.

Brown will be eligible to apply for release on parole in June 2029.

Link copiedShareShare articleA man who met and raped a teenager in state care after she had an argument with her carers has been jailed for more than eight years.

After the argument, the 15-year-old girl was walking near Colonnades Shopping Centre, in Adelaide's southern suburbs, when she asked to join a group of people who offered her alcohol.

During sentencing in South Australia's District Court, Judge Lisa Dunlop said the group began walking and dissipated, leaving 33-year-old Ricky Brown alone with the teenager.

She said Brown had continued walking toward his home with the girl, where he provided her with more alcohol before she left.

"You followed her and repeatedly invited her to have sex with you and she said no," Judge Dunlop said.

Judge Dunlop said the teenager, went to Noarlunga Hospital after the offending before returning to the house a few days later to get an address for police.

On that occasion, she said Brown indecently assaulted the teenager.

The teenager was under the care of the Department of Child Protection. (ABC News: Che Chorley)

The teenager reported the crimes to police and Brown was found "hiding" at his house.

"You talked to the police about what happened and they showed you photos of both you and the victim," she said.

"You agreed it was you, and you have been in jail since then."

Brown later pleaded guilty to three counts of rape and one count of indecent assault.

Judge Dunlop said the teenager was under the care of the SA Department for Child Protection.

She acknowledged that Brown grew up in an alcohol-free community in remote SA, where he was raised by his father "who had issues with alcohol" after the death of his mother.

She said Brown was in Adelaide to visit relatives who gave him alcohol, and he "drunk a lot" on the night of this offending.

"You said that this offending happened because you had been drinking and that you did not stop when she told you to stop because you had been drinking," she said.

Judge Dunlop said the teenager had told Brown her age, but his offending "continued regardless".

"The main purpose of sentencing is to protect the safety of the community, in particular in our community we need to protect children" she said.

"Sexual offending is a serious thing and it has terrible effects, not just on the victims but more broadly. 

"Offending like yours needs a strong sentence because it is serious, and to protect the community, and to make sure that you and others do not do this kind of thing again."

Judge Dunlop jailed Brown for eight-and-a-half years and set a non-parole period of four-and-a-half years.

The sentence was backdated to December 2024, when he was taken into custody making him eligible to apply for release on parole in June 2029.

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