A domestic violence order was in place at the time of the assaults which took place several weeks later.
Later, the pair were asked to leave a taxi in Darwin's inner suburbs after the man was aggressive towards the driver. The court also heard that days later, the man sexually assaulted the woman in a motel room, and later punched her in a "violent attack" in public, before passers-by intervened."I am still very emotional," she said in a victim impact statement to the court.
"This whole incident has made me very scared about getting in a relationship … it's changed the way I live.The case was heard before NT Supreme Court Justice Jenny Blokland.
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