Perth man sentenced for sexual assault charges

It was the only time Morgan showed emotion in court on February 28, after pleading guilty late last year to one count of deprivation of liberty, one count of threat to kill, one count of sexual penetration without consent and one count of attempted sexual penetration without consent.

The court heard Morgan, who had been staying with the Bunbury woman, arrived at her home on July 7, 2019, after a night of drinking and attacked her.

During the attack, Morgan repeatedly told the victim he was going to rape her and kill her. He put a towel over her face, punched her and strangled her with his hands.

In her victim impact statement, the woman told the court she could no longer sleep peacefully or escape what had happened to her.

"I was proud of myself for screaming for help even when you were beating my head, telling me if I screamed again you would kill me," she said.

"My will to survive took over your want to take my life away from me.

"If you dare think that you have been spared in this, that I will come out unscathed, that I will leave here free ... you are mistaken," she said.

"You don't know what real suffering is. You have dragged my life into this hell hole with you."

In sentencing, Judge Christopher Stevenson said a psychological report showed Morgan had repressed anger, a need for control and a negative attitude problem towards women.

"You then tried to self medicate through alcohol and it is a mixture of this that led to your behaviour," he said.

Morgan received a 25 per cent discount on each charge because he pleaded guilty at the earliest convenience.

Judge Stevenson said he had also applied the totality principle to the charges, which resulted in Morgan receiving a five-year prison term with eligibility for parole after three years.

The maximum term he could have received was 44 years in jail.