Aborigine rapes 10 year old and gets off

[Phil_88]

Where are th aussie riots when they need them???

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Austr...ces_11648.html
Queensland Attorney-General Kerry Shine said the government would appeal the sentences handed down against nine males who gang-raped a 10-year-old girl in 2005.


District Court Judge Sarah Bradley placed six of the offenders, who were less than 18-year-old at the time of the rape, on a-year probation and recorded no convictions against them. She approved suspended six-month prison sentences to the other 3 defendants, aged 17, 18 and 26.


Bradley motivated her decision by saying that the victim “was not forced and she probably agreed to have sex with all of you,” the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.

"I am truly horrified by the circumstances of these offences. The law should be consistent in its application, whether it be in Aurukun or Clayfield," Mr. Shine told reporters in Brisbane.

He called an urgent meeting with the state’s director of public prosecutions to discuss over the sentences. Mr. Shine underlined the idea that no child under the age of 12 could consent to sex under Queensland law.

"It seems to me that the circumstances of the offense were quite horrific and it therefore leads me to believe that the sentence was extremely lenient and, to say the least, needs explanation," he said.

On the other hand, Premier Anna Bligh has ordered all Cape York sexual offence sentences to be reviewed, to ensure there was not a trend of leniency.

"The nature of the sentences in this case are so far from community expectations I have to say I am alarmed, and I am not prepared to just write this off as an unusual one-off case," she said.

Australia’s newly elected Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Monday he was “disgusted and appalled” over the case’s ruling.


The state officials will review all sex abuse verdicts in Aboriginal Queensland over the past two years.

[notmenomore]

Originally Posted by Phil_88

Where are th aussie riots when they need them???

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Austr...ces_11648.html
Queensland Attorney-General Kerry Shine said the government would appeal the sentences handed down against nine males who gang-raped a 10-year-old girl in 2005.


District Court Judge Sarah Bradley placed six of the offenders, who were less than 18-year-old at the time of the rape, on a-year probation and recorded no convictions against them. She approved suspended six-month prison sentences to the other 3 defendants, aged 17, 18 and 26.


Bradley motivated her decision by saying that the victim “was not forced and she probably agreed to have sex with all of you,” the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.

This "judge" need to be fully outed. WTF! A ten year old cannot give "consent"; itz always rape.

[NS Cat]

I really hoped the raped child was a primitive homo-erectus aborigine piece of shit and not a White girl.

[JimInCO]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22917206-2,00.html

Second indigenous rape case emerges in Queensland

By staff writers
December 13, 2007 07:03am

THE handling of another indigenous rape case is under investigation in Queensland. And Premier Anna Bligh has warned of "radical action" if a review finds fault with the state's justice system.

Ms Bligh said a review of 64 sentences of Cape York sexual offenders over the past two years could help determine if the standard of justice was lower in Queensland's indigenous communities.

The review was ordered after nine attackers escaped jail time for the gang rape of a 10-year-old girl in Aurukun in April last year, sparking nationwide outrage.

And yesterday it emerged that the Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission had received a complaint about the handling of a second rape case relating to separate assaults on an Aboriginal girl by two men.

Ms Bligh yesterday ruled out a judicial inquiry in the Aurukun case.

The girl was raped at age seven. She was put in foster care in Cairns, but was then returned to Aurukun by child safety officers in 2006 when, aged 10, she was raped again.

None of the rapists went to jail.

Hetty Johnston, founder of child advocacy group Bravehearts, called for an external review of child sex cases by a retired judge.

"We believe that this problem is endemic. It is systemic," Ms Johnston said.

But Ms Bligh said: "Until we have seen all of those cases it would be premature to say this is systemic."

The review of cases would show whether further action was warranted, she said.

"But if those cases show that it is, I won't hesitate to take very radical action if necessary."

Peter Davis, SC, has been appointed to conduct the review, due to be completed by February.

An appeal against the Aurukun case is likely to be brought before the Court of Appeal on January 30.

The prosecutor who handled the Aurukun case, Steve Carter, was stood aside on Tuesday after it was revealed he did not ask for prison sentences for any of the males and had described their behaviour as "childish experimentation" and consensual "in the general sense".

Cairns-based District Court judge Sarah Bradley did not record convictions against six teen attackers and gave three others, aged 17, 18 and 26, suspended sentences.

Ms Bligh said Judge Bradley had presided over about 30 of the 64 cases that would be reviewed.

She welcomed the decision to stand Mr Carter down, but would not comment on whether Judge Bradley should be next, saying that was "a matter for the judiciary".

Attorney-General Kerry Shine admitted Mr Carter's decision not to ask for jail for the nine males was a "hurdle" for the appeal case. "But . . . it's not fatal," he said.

In the new case, a CMC spokeswoman said a complaint had been received about three months ago and was looked at by investigators appointed by the state's Department of Child Safety.

The investigation had finished and a report was being drafted.

The report would be checked by the CMC to determine whether any further action was needed, she said.

Ms Bligh said the matter had been referred to the CMC following concerns about communication between police and the Child Safety Department.

"The failure of communication there has not got in the way of someone being charged, and there are new (communication) protocols in place," she said.

Ms Bligh said a Northern Territory-style intervention was not needed in Queensland, but federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin said she would be willing to discuss extending some aspects of the program to the state.