WEBVTT - ‘Like a pack’ - 4 teens charged over horror sex attack on 17-year-old 🤬

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<v Speaker 1>A note on the text line from Lynn saying, what

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<v Speaker 1>a dreadful story regarding the case involving four teenagers who've

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<v Speaker 1>been charged and something that's happened to a seventeen year

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<v Speaker 1>old girl. It is absolutely horrific. All males aged between

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen and nineteen have been charged with the horror alleged

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<v Speaker 1>assault of a teenage girl. According to police, the attack

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<v Speaker 1>lasted more than six hours. It's happened in Sydney's West

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<v Speaker 1>in December last year. Just after five point thirty pm

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<v Speaker 1>on the fifteenth of December, a seventeen year old girl

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<v Speaker 1>was approached by an unknown male in a shopping center

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<v Speaker 1>in Liverpool. It's alleged the Mail followed her to her

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<v Speaker 1>car and assaulted her. The alleged attacker then asked to

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<v Speaker 1>be driven to a different location. The victim agreed on

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<v Speaker 1>the understanding that he'd get out of the car when

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<v Speaker 1>they got there, but when they arrived at the park,

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<v Speaker 1>two other males allegedly got into the car and sexually

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<v Speaker 1>assaulted the girl. According to police, fourth mail arrived in

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<v Speaker 1>another vehicle and the assault continued as the girl was

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<v Speaker 1>driven around. Just before midnight, the four males left. The

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<v Speaker 1>victim in the car. The seventeen year old then managed

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<v Speaker 1>to contact a friend who took her to Liverpool Police station.

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<v Speaker 1>Following inquiries, two boys were arrested just days after the

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<v Speaker 1>alleged assault. A sixteen year old was charged with twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four offenses a fourteen year old charged with ten offenses.

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<v Speaker 1>Both refused bail and now in the past twenty four hours,

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<v Speaker 1>police have laid more charges. Two more men have been

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<v Speaker 1>charged over the alleged assault. Police have charged an eighteen

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<v Speaker 1>year old man with nine counts of aggravated sexual assault.

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<v Speaker 1>He's been refused bail to appear in the Children's court today.

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<v Speaker 1>Police have also charged a nineteen year old with five

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<v Speaker 1>counts of aggravated sexual assault. He's also been refused bail

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<v Speaker 1>and will appear in court today. Detective Superintendent Jane Doherty

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<v Speaker 1>is the head of the New South Wales Sex Crime

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<v Speaker 1>Squad and she's on the line. Detective Superintendent. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>joining us morning, Ben.

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<v Speaker 2>How are you good.

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<v Speaker 1>It's hard to know what to say about something like this.

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<v Speaker 1>It is just disgusting by the sounds of these allegations.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right, Ben, There aren't words that can just express

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<v Speaker 2>beggars belief. The age of these young males that have

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<v Speaker 2>done this, and when you're aware of the full facts,

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<v Speaker 2>what they've actually done for this poor girl.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you tell me about the support that your officers

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<v Speaker 1>have been able to give this seventeen year old woman.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we've been with her obviously since the first report,

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<v Speaker 2>and we've supported her all the way through. She's a

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<v Speaker 2>brave young girl. The recollection of this incident, you can understand,

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<v Speaker 2>would be traumatic and horrifying to do. But she sat

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<v Speaker 2>with my investigators for hours and gone through what has

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<v Speaker 2>happened to her, which is given as a good basis

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<v Speaker 2>to gather further evidence and to be able to prove

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<v Speaker 2>this matter against these.

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<v Speaker 1>Males we're chadding to detect. Superintendent Jane Doughty, superintended. Is

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<v Speaker 1>it fair to say that the young woman, the alleged victim,

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<v Speaker 1>felt under duress when she was in the vehicle, like

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<v Speaker 1>she was unable to get out of that car.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right, Ben. When she was first approached by the

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<v Speaker 2>sixteen year old, he was friendly and chatty and they

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<v Speaker 2>agreed just to sit and talk. And then things turned

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<v Speaker 2>ugly in the car, obviously, and she was under a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of duress. And then when the further attacks occurred.

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<v Speaker 2>Being a young female surrounded by four males. You can

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<v Speaker 2>only imagine the stress that she was under and the

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<v Speaker 2>fear that she would have had.

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<v Speaker 1>How serious are these allegations in terms of potential jail sentences?

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<v Speaker 2>These are the most serious sexual offenses you can commit

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<v Speaker 2>in company. The degradation and the sexual acts they committed

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<v Speaker 2>on this poor young girl in a pack. It was

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<v Speaker 2>the group of four males acting together against innocent young

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<v Speaker 2>seventeen old. It's horrific. It's even shocked my investigators.

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<v Speaker 1>Has she been able to go back to school or

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<v Speaker 1>go back to study. I mean, I just can't imagine

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<v Speaker 1>how you put your life back together after something like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Unfortunately, her life will never be the way it

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<v Speaker 2>was going to be. You know, this is something that

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<v Speaker 2>will be with her forever. Sexual assault is one of

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<v Speaker 2>the things that is carried very, very deeply inside and

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<v Speaker 2>can really affect the rest of your life. She's very lucky.

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<v Speaker 2>She's supported by good family and friends around her, and

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<v Speaker 2>my investigators will be with her the whole way through

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<v Speaker 2>so that we can give her the best chance to

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<v Speaker 2>forge forward on this.

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<v Speaker 1>It sounds like your investigators have done a great job,

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<v Speaker 1>and I really appreciate you jumping on the line under

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<v Speaker 1>these circumstances.

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<v Speaker 2>Anytime, Ben, Thank you very much for that.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you very much. Detective Superintendent Jane Dougherty, who's the

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<v Speaker 1>head of the New South Wales Sex Crime Squad, you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to be hearing a lot more about this case

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<v Speaker 1>and as we just heard from Jane Dougherty, the allegation

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<v Speaker 1>is that they acted in a pack. Four males age

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<v Speaker 1>between fourteen and nineteen charged over this horror alleged sexual

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<v Speaker 1>assault of a young woman in Sydney seventeen years of

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<v Speaker 1>age and it allegedly lasted more than six hours. Just

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<v Speaker 1>unspeakable acts based on the allegations in the police brief

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<v Speaker 1>that will go before the courts. You're listening to Ben

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<v Speaker 1>Fordham on to GB. If you've got a news to

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<v Speaker 1>email Bennet twogb dot com.