29-year-old British Ski instructor jailed in Australia for rape

A British Ski instructor,Matthew James Williams, has been handed a 10 year jail sentence in Australia, after brutally raping a lady and physically assaulting her 25-year-old male friend.

James attacked the duo on a street in Jindabyne, South of Canberra and near the border between New South Wales and Victoria in July 2018.

The injuries the rape victim and her male friend suffered were so severe that the police initially believed the attack had more than one perpetrator.

The Suspect pleaded guilty in April 2019, to the incident in which he knocked the 25-year-old victim unconscious before raping his friend . The woman he raped told police that he punched her face several times and laughed at her as she tried to fight him off .

He was arrested five days after the crime was committed and was tagged lone suspect after the police found his DNA and watch at the scene.

At the time of the attacks, James was in Australia on a temporary visa,working as a ski-cross and alpine racing teacher at the world famous Blue Cow Perisher Ski Resort.

He was sentenced to 10 years with a non-parole period of seven years today August 16, in the NSW District Court at Queanbeyan.

James is expected to serve his jail time in Goulburn maximum security prison.