According to court documents, Xu Longwei had forced himself on the drunk woman, then 20, after meeting her at a dinner party
A Chinese property developer was sentenced to at least two-and-a-half years in jail by an Australian court on Friday for non-consensual intercourse with a woman after a Sydney dinner party hosted by billionaire JD.com-founder Richard Liu.
Xu Longwei, 29, who pleaded not guilty, was convicted in July of forcing himself on the woman in an hour-long ordeal at a hotel room overlooking Sydney Harbour after the dinner at which they met.
He was sentenced to four years’ jail, of which he must serve at least two and a half.
Court documents filed by the prosecution said that Xu’s victim, then 20, was encouraged to drink to excess at the dinner.
The pair then went to the Shangri-La Hotel where the jury found Xu committed seven separate sexual offences, including intercourse without consent. None of the charges used the term “rape”.
Judge Nicole Norman, who handed down the sentence in a Sydney court, said the woman was unwell by the time she had left the party and she gave evidence that she vomited on the way to the hotel room where Xu forcibly removed her clothes and pinned her down.
