‘Evil’ tradie sexually attacked woman in Sydney home after blaming wife

A “very evil” Sydney electrician raped a 75-year-old in her own home after blaming his wife for not having sex with him, then called his wife to give evidence in his defence.

Amol Vijay Dhumal, 45, was found guilty by jury verdict of sexual intercourse without consent, in September, after attacking the elderly woman in her Mount Colah home in 2024.

A “very evil” tradie attacked a 75-year-old woman in her home, then asked for his wife’s support in court.Credit: Edwina Pickles

Dhumal was one of three subcontractors sent to the woman’s home to install solar panels on the morning of April 22, 2024.

At the end of the day, Dhumal asked the woman: “Who live with you?”

“I live alone,” the woman replied.

Dhumal said she reminded him of his mother, and grabbed her in a bear hug, trying to kiss her.

She told him to leave, and Dhumal left with his colleague.

But Dhumal had to return to the home two days later to fix an issue with the power.

Dhumal questioned the woman about her children, asking if they visited often.

“I’m satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Mr Dhumal asked those questions to ascertain the extent to which he would be detected raping the victim in the minutes that followed,” Judge Craig Everson SC said.

Dhumal said his wife never had sex with him, and grabbed the 75-year-old again, trying to drag her into the bedroom.

“You’ve got to be kidding,” the woman said.

Dhumal then raped the woman in her lounge room, injuring her.

The woman was too disturbed to attend court as Dhumal was sentenced last week.

In a victim impact statement, she says she has been “not living, but only existing” during the 601 days since the attack.

“This is the most torturous tragedy of my life … I’m in prison in my own home.”

The woman said she had always done volunteer work, and espoused the values of multiculturalism in her community.

Now she had “withdrawn from it all” and lived in fear in the home she had lived her life and raised her children.

“This home is supposed to give me the security, peace and lasting good memories but now it is a horror tragic place to live,” she wrote in her statement.

“I now bolt all the windows and doors and feel so alarmed that out there someone knows I live alone – and will just come in again and harm me.”

Dhumal asked his wife, Gauri, to write letters of support to the court despite the comments he made before the attack.

Gauri appeared in the court for her husband’s sentencing where she said she understood the verdict but “did not want to talk about the case”.

“My husband is loving and respectful,” she told the court.

Dhumal was remorseless, the court heard, and the judge said it was “ludicrous” to suggest he posed no risk of reoffending.

His victim described him as “that very evil person who has a very evil mind, evil heart, an evil and filthy mouth and his evil action that has inflicted this horrendous in my life”.

Following the attack, he told authorities the woman had lied, fabricating the sexual assault because he did not answer a phone call from her.

“The fact that he denies the offence and shows no remorse suggests to me that he is at risk of reoffending, at the very least because he’s not able to grasp what properly involves consent,” Everson said.

Everson sentenced Dhumal to five years in prison. Release on parole is set at April 2030 at the earliest.

Dhumal was found guilty by jury on September 24, 2025, and has since lodged an appeal. He will remain in custody, despite asking for release, until his appeal is determined.

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