'He gave me a mysterious, sexual look... signals': Pervert, 50, gives sick excuse for indecent assault of 12-year-old boy in a shopping centre toilet
- Married father-of-two pleaded guilty to indecent assault of a 12-year-old boy
- Fouad Hasna told Parramatta District Court the boy had given him 'signals'
- He then followed the child into a public toilet and indecently assaulted him
- Judge Robyn Tupman slammed the Sydney father for 'victim blaming'
A married father-of-two claimed a 12-year-old boy gave him sexual 'signals' before he indecently assaulted the child in a public toilet in western Sydney.
Fouad Hasna, 50, told the Parramatta District Court the child had given him a 'mysterious, sexual look' before he followed him into a Bass Hill Plaza toilet - a known gay 'cruising' spot - in 2017.
Hasna said the boy had given him the look outside the shopping centre and followed him inside to the toilets.
There he said he heard the boy breathing heavily and masturbating in a cubicle, which aroused him, The Daily Telegraph reported.
Married father-of-two Fouad Hasna (pictured) pleaded guilty to indecent assault after forcing a 12-year-old boy into a public toilet and grabbing his genitals before exposing himself
'I was obviously aroused by what he was doing, he was masturbating in the cubicle. I could hear him and see him and hear the breathing,' he said.
When the boy left the cubicle the court heard Hasna pushed him back in before grabbing the child's genitals.
Hasna already had his own genitals in his hand before forcing the protesting child to his knees, telling him 'I know you want my penis' while the boy was asking him to stop.
'I got it all wrong. I misread it,' he told the court. 'By the look of it I thought he was an adult.'
Judge Robyn Tupman slammed the Sydney father for 'victim blaming' and asked if he'd gone out that day 'cruising' for other men.
'Did you think he was a rent boy and was playing hard to get? You were cruising and you thought you got yourself something,' Judge Tupman said.
Hasna broke down in the witness stand and related the toll the case had had on him.
Hasna was slammed by the judge for 'victim blaming' after saying the boy gave him a 'mysterious, sexual look' before he followed the child into a toilet at the Bass Hill Plaza in 2017 (pictured)
'I brought so much shame to myself and my family and so much distress onto the young person,' Hasna said.
'I couldn’t live with myself knowing this person is close to the age of my youngest son.'
He said he had 'a very happy married life' and said his homosexual tendencies were only a result of a mental illness that arose from an accident in 2011.
Judge Tupman said she was concerned Hasna related his same-sex interest to a mental illness.
'I found it extremely distressing that this person before me was prepared to be labelled a paedophile rather than accepting what he was, be that homosexual or bisexual,' she said.
Hasna pleaded guilty to two counts of indecent assault on a child under 16 and faces up to 10 years’ jail.
He is due to be sentenced on July 7.
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