A BRIT backpacker has revealed the moment she was threatened "sleep with me and my girlfriend or I'll rape you" by an Australian hostel boss.
Frances Fairs claimed her boss had made increasingly sexual advances at her while she worked at the regional Victoria hostel.
The young woman had been working towards her second year work visa, with all backpackers hoping to stay in Australia longer than a year needing to complete 88 days in regional and rural areas.
But she said the hostel was nothing like she had expected – with the beds riddled with bedbugs, soiled mattresses, and no running water.
Employed to help clean the hostel and check in visitors, Frances said she had desperately tried to stick it out.
And while she considered leaving, she said she felt trapped as she had not been paid yet so couldn't afford a ticket – and the bus services to Melbourne were closed over Christmas.
But Frances revealed she was forced to flee in fear from the hostel after she says the sick boss threatened to rape her just days before Christmas.
She told the ABC: "He called me into his office and was like 'right here is the deal, you either sleep with me and my girlfriend or I rape you, pick one'.
"He said 'I am going to come and pick you up tomorrow whether you like it or not and I have people that will come and grab you, you are not going to be able to resist this' and I kicked him, I kicked him off me."
The young Brit said she fled to the station – explaining what had happened to the bus driver.
She said: "He said 'that is absolutely fine, you just go to the train station. Let them know that I have let you on for free, they will sort you out with the money, but I will make sure you get there safely'. It was like he had seen it before."
OUTBACK HORROR
Frances opened up about her horrific experience as Australia changes its visa for working holidaymakers.
Under the new laws, which are introduced from July 1, people will be able to stay a third year by completing additional farm work.
But backpackers have pushed for more regulation after a string of terrifying attacks.
Brit backpacker Mia Ayliffe-Chung was brutally murdered by a deranged Frenchman in Australia in 2016.
The 20-year-old had been working as a bartender for the past six months, was knifed in a frenzied attack in front of 30 horrified witnesses.
He said 'I am going to come and pick you up tomorrow whether you like it or not and I have people that will come and grab you, you are not going to be able to resist this' and I kicked him, I kicked him off me.
Fellow backpacker Tom Jackson, 30, had rushed to shield the young woman but was fatally knifed himself.
Drug-crazed Marcus Martin, 23, repeatedly attacked his young woman – who was only saved when a heroic petrol attendant spotted her black eyes and bruised neck in 2017.
He was ultimately jailed for ten years after pleading guilty to three counts of rape and one count of deprivation of liberty.
Meanwhile, Roman Heinze was jailed for 22 years after attacking two backpackers when they organised a lift through gumthree.
He was jailed for 22 years over the horrific attack.
In another terrifying incident, 26-year-old backpacker claimed to have found hidden cameras and a microphone in his room after taking a remote farm job in Australia.
Maron de Rooij, 26, claims cameras were concealed in the walls, shelves, bird statues and in the bathroom of his accommodation in Queensland.
The Department for Home Affairs said they were committed to protecting migrant workers, saying: "Employers who engage in criminal conduct against temporary residents are subject to the full force of Australian criminal law.
"Tackling foreign worker exploitation and the exploitation of Australia’s migration system are operational priorities for the Australian Border Force (ABF).
"The ABF works closely with partner agencies targeting foreign worker exploitation by applying the full spectrum of enforcement measures, ranging from education, compliance and monitoring activities through to criminal prosecution."
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