{"id":36457,"date":"2022-01-13T13:37:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T00:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=36457"},"modified":"2022-01-13T13:37:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T00:37:13","slug":"former-real-estate-agents-sick-excuse-for-raping-teenage-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/former-real-estate-agents-sick-excuse-for-raping-teenage-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Former real estate agents’ sick excuse for raping teenage girl"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOTO: Hofer was convicted of eight counts of sexual assault and sentenced to jail for six-and-a-half years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A former Sydney real estate agent who lured women into his home and raped them has offered a sickening excuse when asked about his youngest victim, a 17-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In 2016, Thomas Hofer was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in jail\u00a0after being found guilty of eight counts of sexual assault against two women, aged 24 and 17.<\/p>\n

He was released on parole in April last year and, in a recent interview with Nine\u2019s\u00a0A Current Affair<\/i>, proclaimed his innocence and maintained the encounters were consensual.<\/p>\n

On two separate occasions in 2014, Hofer lured two women to his home in Glebe in Sydney\u2019s inner west after they responded to an advert he posted on the website Flatmates.com.au.<\/p>\n

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The jury heard the former real estate agent met up with the women at a bar in Glebe where they become intoxicated, before taking them back to his the property under the guise of inspecting a room to rent.<\/p>\n

It was here that Hofer forced himself on the women.<\/p>\n

During the\u00a0A Current Affair<\/i>\u00a0interview, Channel Nine reporter Hannah Sinclair noted that one of his victims was \u201cwas only 17\u201d, prompting Hofer to offer a sickening response.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the age of consent is 16,\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n

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During the interview with Channel Nine reporter Hannah Sinclair, Thomas Hofer repeatedly proclaimed his innocence. Picture: A Current Affair\/Channel 9<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

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Hofer offered a vile excuse when asked about his 17-year-old victim. Picture: A Current Affair\/Channel 9<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

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