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A man who was sexually abused by a famous Collingwood superfan has waived his anonymity to reveal the sickening email confession that led to the perpetrator’s conviction.
Alex Case, 31, was harassed and abused by Jeffrey ‘Joffa’ Corfe at his home in Coburg, North Melbourne, on January 29, 2005.
Under the alias David Winston, the then 44-year-old man sent messages to his then-14-year-old victim via MSN messenger and email, inviting him to his home, where Mr Case discovered that Corfe did not match his description at all. from himself.
‘The description he had given me did not line up with the person I saw. I knew right away,” she said. a current affair.
“The main thought going through my mind when I saw him was, ‘I can’t walk away because it would upset him. It’s rude.'”
Corfe was one of the most recognizable fans of the Collingwood cheerleading squad: he donned his gold jacket when he thought the Magpies had won a game.
Alex Case, 31, was harassed and abused by Jeffrey ‘Joffa’ Corfe at his home in Coburg, north Melbourne, on 29 January 2005, when he was 14 years old.
Corfe then made Mr. Case perform oral sex on him in the front bedroom of his house, where the windows were covered with thick blankets to keep out light.
Ten minutes later, Mr. Case left the house feeling distraught. “He patted me on the butt and said ‘see ya mate,'” he recalled.
The 14-year-old then texted his abuser and asked, ‘Why did you do that? You shouldn’t do that to young people.
Corfe replied: ‘Yes, I shouldn’t have. I’m sorry.’
Mr. Case initially felt a sense of closure after receiving the apology and tried to bury the memories in a “crystal box” in his mind.
However, that box was ‘smashed’ when she stumbled across old emails from Corfe while searching her childhood Gmail account for an old Myspace password.
For 15 years, Mr. Case battled the impacts of abuse, suffered from panic attacks, sabotaged relationships, and missed opportunities.
‘It infected every part of my life. It infected my relationships, it infected my friendships, I just thought I didn’t deserve anything good,” she said.
Mr Case sent Corfe a text message reproaching him for the incident. Corfe responded by saying that he was “sorry” (pictured is a mock up of the text messages the couple exchanged in 2005)
Corfe abused the boy in a front room of his home in Coburg, north Melbourne (pictured) after grooming the 14-year-old for months via MSN and email.
Mr. Case decided to go to the Victoria Police in the hope that his abuser would be held accountable for his crimes.
In May 2021, the AFL superfan returned to Melbourne for a match and shared his location on social media. He was arrested and charged by the police.
Corfe, now 60, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual penetration of a child under 16 in November 2022.
The court heard that the abuse was ‘once’ in Corfe’s law-abiding life, and he was a loving father and generous member of the community.
A judge on Monday fully suspended his 12-month prison sentence for two years with the 62-year-old man to remain a registered sex offender for 15 years.
Jorfe, now 60, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual penetration of a child under the age of 16 in November 2022 (shown arriving in court on February 21, 2023)
Last week, a judge fully suspended Corfe’s 12-month prison sentence for two years with the 62-year-old man to remain a registered sex offender for 15 years.
If Corfe pleaded not guilty, the judge would have sentenced him to prison for two years and four months with a non-parole period of 14 months.
Mr. Case believes that his abuser has not been held accountable for his crimes.
“It is a justice system, but the sentences that are handed down are not fair,” he said.
‘I honestly wonder why I even bothered.’
The 31-year-old plans to press the director of the Victorian Public Ministry to appeal the sentence.