Ketut Pujayasa is an Indonesian cruise ship crewman who raped and attempted to murder a passenger on a nudist cruise in 2014.
Background
Pujayasa was an experienced crewman, hired by the Holland America cruise line in 2012 after supplying good references and passing criminal record vetting.[1] At he time of the attack he was 28 and working as a room service attendant.[2]
The incident occurred on Valentine's Day[2] during a nudist cruise aboard MS Nieuw Amsterdam,[3] with his victim a 32-year-old US woman who he claimed was rude to him.[1] Pujayasa said he felt he and his mother's honour were being insulted after he knocked upon the woman's door with breakfast and she responded "Wait, son of a bitch!"[4] after he knocked three times.[5]
Attack
Pujayasa spent hours on deck searching for the passenger intent on punching her in the face after the alleged slight, but changed his mind upon spotting her as there were other passengers nearby.[5] Instead, a full 17 hours after the remark, he used a master key to enter her room and fell asleep upon her balcony.[5]
He attempted to strangle the victim with cords from the stateroom's telephone and the victim's curling iron,[2] bursting blood vessels in her face.[3] He also beat her with the curling iron and a laptop.[1] The victim was also bitten, and received brain damage and shifted teeth during the assault.[3] When she fell unconscious she was raped by Pujayasa,[2] with the entire attack lasting 30 to 60 minutes and described as torture by prosecutors.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Holland America Line Cruise Ship Worker Sentenced in Sexual Assault of Passenger - NBC Miami
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ketut Pujayasa sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for cruise ship rape - Local 10
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Nudist cruise ship worker sentenced to 30 years for violent attack on passenger - The Sun via Fox News
- ↑ Judge resentences nudist cruise worker to 30 years behind bars for brutal Valentine's Day attack on passenger - New York Daily News
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Cruise ship worker gets more than 30 years, again, for attacking passenger - The Sun-Sentinel