Australian Cricketer Jailed In Sexual Abuse Case Involving Minor

Aust alia
C ickete
Jailed:
Fo me
Hoba t
Hu ica es
playe
Aa o
William
Summe s
has
bee
se te ced
i
Tasma ia
afte
pleadi g
guilty
to
multiple
offe ces.
Summe s,
30,
admitted
to
two
cou ts
of
pe et ative
sexual
abuse
of
a
mi o
a d
o e
cou t
of
g oomi g
i
the
Sup eme
Cou t
of
Tasma ia
i
Ju e.
He
had
p eviously
de ied
the
allegatio s
befo e
cha gi g
his
plea.
The
cou t
se te ced
Summe s
to
two-a d-a-half
yea s
i
p iso
o
Wed esday,
with
the
se te ce
suspe ded
afte
he
se ves
10
mo ths.

Summe s
Met
Victim
At
Hoba t
Hu ica es
Match

Acco di g
to
ABC
News,
Justice
Hele
Wood
told
the
cou t
that
Summe s
fi st
met
the
victim
at
a
Hoba t
Hu ica es
c icket
match
i
2017.

The
gi l
was
15
whe
she
atte ded
a othe
match
the
followi g
mo th
a d
spoke
with
Summe s,
who
was
21
at
the
time.

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The
case
elates
to
offe ces
that
subseque tly
came
befo e
the
Tasma ia
Sup eme
Cou t.
Summe s
ultimately
e te ed
guilty
pleas
to
the
th ee
cha ges
i
Ju e.

Co victio
I
No the
Te ito y

As
pe
ABC
News,
Summe s
pleaded
guilty
i
the
No the
Te ito y
i
Novembe
2021
to
cha ges
i cludi g
possessi g
a d
t a smitti g
child
abuse
mate ial.

He
also
admitted
to
t a smitti g
commu icatio s
with
a
pe so
u de
16
with
the
i te tio
of
p ocu i g
them
to
e gage
i
o
p oduce
sexual
activity.

Summe s
was
se te ced
to
th ee
yea s
a d
11
mo ths
i
p iso
fo
those
offe ces.

He
was
a ested
o
the
day
he
was
eleased
f om
custody
a d
ext adited
to
Tasma ia,
whe e
he
faced
the
sepa ate
cha ges
that
have
ow
esulted
i
a othe
p iso
se te ce.

Summe s
had
p eviously
mai tai ed
his
i oce ce
i
the
Tasma ia
p oceedi gs
befo e
pleadi g
guilty
i
Ju e
to
the
two
sexual
abuse
offe ces.

The
latest
se te ce
b i gs
the
sepa ate
Tasma ia
p oceedi gs
to
a
co clusio ,
with
Summe s
expected
to
emai
i
custody
u til
Ap il
ext
yea
u de
the
te ms
of
the
se te ce
ha ded
dow
by
the
cou t.

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