A man who made a teenager feel like a hostage when he locked her inside his house and said she must have sex with him was already completing a sentence at the time, a court has heard.
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Warren John Carter, 47, appeared at the County Court of Victoria via video link from prison on Monday for a further plea hearing.
Judge David Sexton said Carter had a 'bad' prior criminal history and was subject to a community corrections order and a good behaviour bond at the time of the 'nasty' offending.
In October, the court heard a 14-year-old girl and her 16-year-old friend attended Carter's Ballarat North house on March 13 and stayed into the night and early the following morning.
Crown prosecutor Stephen Devlin said Carter became angry in the morning and demanded the girl have sex with him, dragging her into his bedroom and trying to pull down her pants.
The court heard Carter told the girl, "I need a f*** and you're not leaving this room until you have sex with me".
The girl later made a statement to police saying she felt like a hostage.
How am I to regard the offending as anything other than exploitative? He was over three times the age of the victim.
- Judge David Sexton
Mr Devlin said the pair argued while in the bedroom before Carter swung a punch at the girl, picked up a screwdriver and lunged at her but did not make contact.
Carter then started to smash items in the room and barricaded the door to stop the victim from leaving, locked the doors to the house and demanded both girls hand over their mobile phones.
Mr Devlin said police discovered a small number of images of the 14-year-old girl on Carter's mobile phone which were classified as child abuse material.
A neuropsychological assessment was provided to the court on Monday revealing Carter felt remorse, regret and shame about his offending.
Defence barrister Daniel Sala said the report also explored Carter's childhood of abandonment.
He asked the court to consider a significant parole period in sentencing to allow Carter to be supervised in the community upon his release in the interests of community protection.
Judge Sexton asked why he should consider a long parole period when Carter was at an elevated risk of re-offending.
"This is nasty offending against young victims. He has a bad history and was on two court orders at the time," he said.
Judge Sexton said the defence submission that supervision on parole for community protection was problematic, as Carter was under the supervision of the court at the time of the offending.
"The longer parole period is sought to keep him under the thumb and to ensure when released there is provision for the authorities to have a level of control," Mr Sala said.
"Disabling him through imprisonment would keep him under the thumb as well," Judge Sexton replied.
"How am I to regard the offending as anything other than exploitative? He was over three times the age of the victim. It is concerning.
"Your client must have known her age and her vulnerability, he has multiple children, he knows how to conduct relationships and here he is having some sort of dealing with a vulnerable 14-year-old girl."
Mr Sala said Carter was not 'precisely aware' of the victim's age and his previous relationships had been 'age appropriate'.
He said Carter was using drugs at the time of the offending and said his difficulties with drug use could be linked to his abandonment and experience of sexual assault as a child.
Carter pleaded guilty to four charges, including assault, making a threat to inflict serious injury, possessing child abuse material and two counts of false imprisonment.
Carter has spent 264 days in custody. He will be sentenced on Thursday.
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