Sudanese Rapist Jailed for Just Two Years as Judge Calls Him ‘Wonderful Young Man’
The Noticer, February 16, 2026
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Thon Monyluke Deng Angui, 24, was on February 5 found guilty by a Toowoomba District Court jury of raping his victim, 20, near Queens Park in June 2024 after meeting her for the first time on a nightclub dancefloor.
Angui led her to an embankment, ripped her clothes off and brutally raped her as she begged him to stop, and in a victim impact statement the woman said she was still haunted by the attack almost two years on, saying her life had been “ripped apart”, The Chronicle reported.
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Judge Dzenita Balić, a Bosnian refugee herself, told the court she had weighed up Angui’s offending with the trauma of his childhood, saying “this is a very difficult sentence for me”.
“On one hand we have this wonderful young man with a very bright future who has worked very hard to get to where he is, considering his background,” she said.
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She sentenced Angui to five years’ imprisonment to be suspended after two years in custody, for a period of five years.
