Predatory café owner raped a new worker, 18, on her FIRST day just months before he was convicted of sexually assaulting another teen employee
- Miguel Dantas De Sa, 30, was found guilty of two counts of rape on Monday
- Under the guise of ‘training’, he plied the 18-year-old with alcohol for four hours
- Jurors found him guilty of raping his employee while she was intoxicated
- He was convicted of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old months after the incident
- Mr De Sa and his family are now facing deportation from Australia
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A former café boss and convicted teen sex predator has been found guilty of raping another teenage employee on her very first day at work.
Former renowned restaurateur Miguel Dantas De Sa, 30, faced the District Court in Adelaide on Monday and was found guilty of two counts of rape.
The court heard how the South Australian café owner, under the guise of teaching his newest employee about the trade, plied the 18-year-old with alcohol for four hours.
De Sa then took the teen to a number of bars before sending her home with a text message claiming she ‘got quite drunk at work training,’ The Advertiser reported.
District Court jurors found Miguel Dantas De Sa, 30, (pictured) guilty of raping his 18-year-old employee while she was intoxicated. The former café owner, under the guise of teaching her the trade, plied the worker with alcohol for four hours and raped her on her first day of work
The victim began working for Mr De Sa after she applied for a job via social media.
‘Her first shift primarily involved learning how to pour beers and mix various drinks … De Sa asked her to try some of the drinks … she began to feel extremely intoxicated,’ the prosecution said.
Prosecutors told the court that the victim had ‘significant blanks’ but recalled De Sa standing ‘naked from the waist down’ in front of her ‘in a bedroom she did not recognise’.
Prosecutors allege the victim vomited after being forced to perform a sex act.
De Sa then called an Uber to drive her to her parents’ home and sent a text message to her phone.
‘Are you okay darling? Please let me know when you get home safe, you got quite drunk at work training, I had to call you an Uber,’ the message read.
Jurors found the former Rundle Street café boss guilty of raping his employee while she was intoxicated – a crime committed just months before he was convicted for sexually assaulting another teenage worker.
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He was sentenced to two and a half years jail in July 2020 after he forced a 16-year-old waitress to expose herself and offered her money to have sex with him at a café in Adelaide on November 12, 2016.
De Sa cornered the young girl in a locked cool room with him before he asked her if she would have sex with him for $200.
When the teenager insisted she needed to get back to work he looped his fingers in her underwear and forced her to pull down her pants.
After messaging the employee to reconsider his offer she again turned him down only for him to later ask what size underwear she wore.
The new charge will see his existing sentence extended and almost guarantees the Portuguese immigrant and his family will be deported.
De Sa previously begged the court not to jail him as it could see his whole family deported because their visas are dependent on the ‘good character’ clause of his own.
The crime occurred just months before De Sa was convicted and sentenced to two and a half years’ jail for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old waitress at a café in Adelaide on November 12, 2016
During the sentencing, Judge Liesl Chapman told the District Court the punishment needed to send a message to other potential predators, according to The Advertiser.
While presiding over his first conviction, Judge Chapman said De Sa had shown no remorse for his crimes and the sentence would allow his victim to heal.
‘You sexually exploited the imbalance of power between yourself and your employee… she did the brave and right thing and went to the police,’ she said.
Without the backing of De Sa’s visa as a sponsor, the temporary visas of his mother, father and sister could be revoked ahead of deportation to Portugal.
Judge Chapman said she understood the situation was fragile but but determined that public safety came first.
‘A strong message must be sent to the community that behaviour like this will be met with strong penalty,’ she said.
Mr De Sa was remanded into custody and will be sentenced on a later date.
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