The court was told Nallajar threatened to not give the child the money if she screamed. He pleaded guilty in the Townsville District Court and was sentenced to eight years for taking a child for immoral purposes, indecent dealing with a child under the age of 12 years and two counts of rape. Just days after he was released on parole in May 2011, Nallajar grabbed an 11-year-old girl and tried to sexually assault her. He was jailed again in 2012 for this offending. About 10 years before he raped the eight-year-old girl, Nallajar was jailed for manslaughter after he shot and killed a man who was allegedly a paedophile.