July 15, 2004
A rapist with Asperger syndrome apologized to his victim in the other room by SMS
A 27-year-old Australian man admitted to raping a woman at her home in December 2002, after they had been on an outing together and then engaged in mutually consensual kissing and fondling, reports smh.com, in what's truly a strange and sad story.
"After the incident, the woman sat on her bed crying while Parson walked into another room of the house and apologised to her by SMS.
The judge ruled jail would be too harsh for him because of his mental condition. "Judge Patricia Kelly noted this was symptomatic of Parsons' mental disorder, with the court having heard that Asperger's sufferers often had a greater capacity to interact with inanimate objects than with people.
In Mr Parsons' case his obsessions appear to be to do with examining and marking street directories and his mobile phone, which it is noted he chose to use within minutes after the rape," Judge Kelly said."
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