Callum Ferris Davies found guilty of sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl
A man with autism spectrum disorder has been found guilty of a horrific sexual assault on a sleeping seven-year-old girl in the northeast Perth suburb of Ellenbrook.
Callum Ferris Davies, 28, claimed he had an intellectual disability but this was rejected by the judge.
Davies was caught on CCTV climbing over a fence in the backyard before attacking the helpless child. 9News reported.
It was just after midnight on December 27, 2021 when the Oakfield man broke into the house and the little girl’s bedroom.
She woke up to find her mouth “taped shut” and was told to be quiet before she was “choked unconscious,” she told police.
She told officers she wasn’t sure if what happened was “a nightmare or real.”
The girl woke up in a different pajama top than the one she went to bed in, and Davies turned herself in to police days later.
Callum Ferris Davies (pictured) has been found guilty of a horrific sexual assault on a sleeping seven-year-old girl in the north-east Perth suburb of Ellenbrook
Davies was caught on CCTV climbing over a fence in the backyard (pictured) before attacking the helpless child
The now 28-year-old admitted to committing the sexual assault, but said he was in psychosis and could not control himself.
He said he smoked and drank cannabis before leaving his home on the night of the attack.
But after hearing all the evidence presented to the court, Judge David MacLean found him guilty of sexually penetrating a child under 13, indecently dealing with a child under 13, aggravated domestic burglary and two counts of hindering someone’s breathing. ABC reported.
Although the state accepted that Davies had a disability due to an autism spectrum disorder, this “did not explain that state of depravity.”
Davies will serve his time – which will be decided at a sentencing hearing in January – in prison rather than a psychiatric facility.
Judge MacLean left Davies in custody until his sentencing, which the judge said would be ‘complicated’.
An updated psychiatric report has been ordered on Davies.
It was just after midnight on December 27, 2021 when the Oakfield man broke into the house and the little girl’s bedroom.
