A judge yesterday called for a change in the law on sexual assault cases, claiming he was unable to pass his preferred sentence on a police officer.
Mr Justice Gareth Lugar-Mawson had wanted to give a suspended jail sentence to a police sergeant who was convicted last month of indecently assaulting his domestic helper.
The jury had acquitted the father of one, who cannot be named for legal reasons, of one charge of rape and a second count of indecent assault.
The 40-year-old officer - who was fined $10,000 for the offence yesterday - faces dismissal and forfeiture of a 21-year pension after his conviction.
Mr Justice Lugar-Mawson said in the Court of First Instance that the man would have been dealt with 'a long time ago in the magistracy' had he not been subject to the allegations of rape.
The man was found guilty of touching the 20-year-old maid's breasts at his home on September 9 last year.
