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Post 13 year old girl gang raped by 5 assailants in Dandenong, one of the largest 'refugee' areas in Melbourne, but not a single mention of their names or races in any media outlet

A Victorian mother has told of how her 15-year-old daughter committed suicide after a year of schoolyard bullying which culminated in the main perpetrator orchestrating her gang rape.

Cassidy Trevan was in Year 7 at a public high school in Melbourne’s south-east when she was set upon and bullied relentlessly by a group of girls, her mother Linda Trevan told Nine.com.au.

“The bullying started out with just insults and stuff and she got slapped across the face once or twice,” she said.

As well as waging their war on social media, the girls would follow Cassidy around at the local shops.

“Our fence got graffitied, banana peel on the front door mat,” she said.

The bullying became so bad Cassidy missed her entire fourth term at school in 2013.

After taking part in a recovery program, her daughter finally felt strong enough to return to school for two days a week in February 2014.

The girls who had bullied Cassidy said they were sorry, apologised to her and asked her to be their friend, inviting her to join them at the Springvale festival the next day.

It was there that her new "friends" executed a cruel and calculated act of betrayal, leading her to a nearby house where they had organised for her to be gang raped.

“They were older boys that Cass didn't know. Two girls who sat and waited. Two boys who shared her and timed each other. One boy stood guarding the front door,” Ms Trevan said.

Cassidy was only 13 years old.

Cassidy's mother has shared the harrowing story of her daughter's suicide to warn that bullying costs lives. (Photo: Linda Trevan/Nine.com.au)

Cassidy reported the gang rape to Dandenong police and spoke with detectives several times, but she was never able to bring herself to make a formal statement.

“Cass was scared to make a formal statement for fear of retaliation from the gang, and she also was worried reliving it would ‘push her over the edge’,” she said.

Ms Trevan said police told her they couldn’t do anything to bring the perpetrators to justice because “there's ‘no victim’”.

Cassidy had begged her mother not to go to the school principal about the bullying before the rape, out of fear it would get worse.

After the rape Ms Trevan did go to the school but was told as it was a sexual assault it was now a police matter.

Nine.com.au has contacted Victoria’s Department of Education and Training for comment.

Detectives from Victoria Police's Sexual Offence and Child Abuse Investigation Team (SOCIT) met with Cassidy and her mother more than 20 times over a two-year-period.

But they were ultimately forced to drop the case because of a lack of evidence and a victim statement, however counselling and victim support was offered.

"During those conversations the SOCIT detectives explained options, put protections in place and ensured the victim was receiving assistance from support services," a Victoria Police spokesperson said in a statement.

"They encouraged the victim in each interaction to make a st

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