Blackman faced a sentencing hearing in the District Court in Bundaberg.
Blackman has been sentenced to 18 months in jail with parole after serving 50 per cent.
Blackman was awarded an honorary doctorate from CQ University in 2017 for his commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, but the court heard it was revoked after the criminal charges were laid in 2024.
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Blackman faced a sentencing hearing in the District Court in Bundaberg.
The victim told the court her life was changed "profoundly" by Blackman's offending.
Blackman has been sentenced to 18 months in jail with parole after serving 50 per cent.
A woman who was sexually assaulted by Kerry Blackman has told a Queensland court she no longer felt safe and had lost her sense of belonging in the community.
Blackman, the former chief executive of the Gidarjil Development Corporation, was last week convicted in the District Court at Bundaberg of four sexual assault charges that involved aggressive and "persistent" physical advancements on the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
The two-day trial heard the offending occurred between 2017 and 2023 and on the first occasion, when she was 23 years old, Blackman confronted her outside a toilet and whispered in her ear before he bit it and grabbed her bottom.
Blackman was awarded an honorary doctorate from CQ University in 2017 for his commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, but the court heard it was revoked after the criminal charges were laid in 2024.
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