An Indian man who tied up and raped a young woman to ruin her for any other man has been jailed for at least five years

Ajay Pal Singh Thiara, 26, was jailed for six years and eight months in the District Court of South Australia and will be deported when he finishes his sentence. Judge David Smith gave him a five year non-parole period because Thiara would face retribution in India. Thiara raped the woman in December 2009 because he was angry and jealous when she went off to meet a suitor her family had arranged for her to marry, Judge Smith said. He got drunk then proclaimed his love for her, abused her, tied her up, indecently assaulted and raped her. She was a virgin who did not immediately report him to police because she felt ashamed and defiled. But that changed after he assaulted her again in February 2010, stripping her naked and filming it on his mobile phone. The judge said Thiara's excuse was that he was in love and did not want to lose the woman, a Sikh who would now find it very difficult to find a husband. The rape was violent and protracted, shameful and degrading. Thiara came to Australia with his wife and worked as a taxi driver while studying.