A man who forced his partner to commit sex acts with her young son and others on film will remain behind bars indefinitely after a judge ruled it was the only way the public could be protected.
The 41-year-old has spent the last 16 years locked up for his violent and depraved crimes, which include forcing his de facto and her nine-year-old son to participate in his pornography business.
He beat the woman with a garden fork to ensure compliance and bashed her so severely she suffered brain damage and needed plastic surgery on her ear.
A judge who rejected the man's appeal called it the worst conduct he'd seen in his 20 years at the court.
He was jailed for 16 years in 2001 for maintaining a sexual relationship with a child, indecent treatment of a child and grievous bodily harm.
A recent Supreme Court application by the state attorney-general to have the prisoner locked up indefinitely heard he'd shown no remorse, refused to participate in rehabilitation programs and had assaulted two people in prison.
His history of sexual violence against women dated back to 1992, and included attempting to assault a woman whose house he'd broken into.
Psychiatrists found he met the criteria for psychopathy, and possibly sadism, and judged there was a moderate to substantial risk he'd sexually assault again if released.
"In my opinion on all of these criteria, (the prisoner) is clearly a person of significant concern," one psychiatrist wrote in a 2014 report.
The prisoner's lawyers argued he should be released under supervision but Justice Philip McMurdo agreed with the attorney-general that such an order wouldn't be enough to protect the community.
"In my conclusion, the attorney-general has established that there could be adequate protection of the community only by a continuing detention order," he wrote in a judgment published on Tuesday.
The man's case will be reviewed periodically.
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