Sexual Offences

• Victorian Premier flags legal changes after meeting teen 'humiliated' by rape court case

  Posted March 31, 2017 11:10:10

  Victoria's Premier flags changes to the legal system after meeting a teenager who alleged she was raped by three men in a Geelong park, but dropped the case because of the "humiliating" court process.

  Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, geelong-3220, vic

• 'Sorry just not enough': Royal commission apologies criticised

  By Nicole Chettle

  Posted March 30, 2017 19:32:02 | Updated March 30, 2017 23:02:32

  Apologies to victims of child sexual abuse are sometimes weak, insulting and do not go far enough to address the long-term damage, a royal commission hears.

  Topics: royal-commissions, human-interest, sexual-offences, community-and-society, nsw, sydney-2000

• Survivors welcome compensation over Retta Dixon abuse

  By national Indigenous affairs reporter Bridget Brennan and Avani Dias

  Posted March 30, 2017 06:03:25 | Updated March 30, 2017 14:39:12

  Compensation for years of physical and sexual abuse at a notorious home for Aboriginal children will provide relief but will never erase the trauma of what happened, former residents say.

  Topics: royal-commissions, sexual-offences, child-abuse, aboriginal, law-crime-and-justice, stolen-generations, darwin-0800

• Adults who molest children 'often popular members of community'

  By Nicole Chettle

  Posted March 29, 2017 19:22:17 | Updated March 30, 2017 13:07:27

  Child abusers rarely behave like the predatory monsters they are stereotyped to be, and are often well-respected members of the community, a royal commission hears.

  Topics: royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, child-abuse, community-and-society, family-and-children, sexual-offences, sydney-2000

• Paedophile questions risk concerns during fight for release

  By court reporter Rebecca Opie

  Posted March 29, 2017 17:10:22

  Serial child sex offender Mark Trevor Marshall tries to justify his behaviour and says he doesn't understand why he is "suddenly a big risk to society" while arguing for his release from prison.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, adelaide-5000, sa

• Cosby lawyers ask to exclude testimony on pills, money

  Posted March 29, 2017 14:06:55

  Bill Cosby's lawyers file a motion to prevent jurors at his upcoming sex assault trial from hearing the actor admit giving women quaaludes, money or educational funds, saying the testimony would unfairly prejudice them.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, arts-and-entertainment, united-states

• Man who raped woman and teen in their bedrooms jailed for 18 years

  By Emma Younger

  Posted March 29, 2017 13:18:46

  An ice-addicted Melbourne man who raped a woman and a teenage girl in their own homes is sentenced to 18 years' jail, with a non-parole period of 13 years.

  Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, melbourne-3000, vic

• Sex offender refuge plans community barbecue but future still unclear

  By Ted O'Connor

  Posted March 29, 2017 06:36:03

  The woman behind the Ellendale centre, which has just one convicted sex offender still in residence, vows to stay and wants to hold a community meet and greet.

  Topics: sexual-offences, community-organisations, community-and-society, ellendale-7140

• Ballarat man jailed for stabbing girl 25 times with pocketknife

  By Emma Younger

  Posted March 27, 2017 12:03:55

  A Ballarat man is sentenced to nine years' jail for repeatedly stabbing a five-year-old girl with a pocketknife as he tried to remove her clothes inside his apartment complex in 2015.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, ballarat-3350, vic, melbourne-3000

• Concern murder rumours causing disquiet in PNG's Central Province Audio

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  Posted March 23, 2017 17:22:18 | Updated March 24, 2017 12:19:06

  Social media in Papua New Guinea has been abuzz this week with rumours of a horrific payback murder of seven men following the pack rape and murder of a young woman.

  Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, sexual-offences, pacific, papua-new-guinea

• Renowned rape crisis counselling provider may lose contract

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  By Matt Peacock

  Posted March 22, 2017 18:11:26 | Updated March 23, 2017 13:16:46

  Rape and Domestic Violence Services Australia, which began a highly successful phone counselling service 50 years ago, is facing possible closure in July.

  Topics: domestic-violence, sexual-offences, privatisation-and-deregulation, charities-and-community-organisations, counselling, nsw, australia

• Video of Sydney teenager's alleged rape may 'still be circulating'

  By Nick Dole

  Posted March 22, 2017 16:19:43 | Updated March 22, 2017 16:21:02

  Students at a private school in Sydney's eastern suburbs are ordered to delete and report a video of the alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl if they encounter it, amid fears it is "still circulating".

  Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, sydney-2000

• Man jailed for forcing girls to perform sex acts online

  By Emma Younger

  Posted March 22, 2017 13:22:16 | Updated March 22, 2017 13:29:32

  Victorian BMX enthusiast Fabian Meharry is described by a judge as a "monster of depravity" and sentenced to 12 years' jail for forcing young girls to perform sexual acts in a "nine-year reign of trauma".

  Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, echuca-3564, melbourne-3000, vic

• Teens could face sex offenders register after receiving video of alleged rape

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  By Eleanor Hall and Tom Joyner

  Posted March 21, 2017 18:04:25 | Updated March 22, 2017 00:08:58

  Up to 50 teenagers who were sent a video of a 15-year-old boy allegedly raping an unconscious girl could be placed on a sex offenders register if convicted for possession of child pornography, a child cyber safety expert says.

  Topics: police, child-abuse, sexual-offences, nsw

• Saliva DNA on backpacker's body matched to accused

  By court reporter Candice Prosser

  Posted March 21, 2017 14:17:20 | Updated March 22, 2017 10:50:11

  Saliva from a man accused of sexually assaulting a Brazilian backpacker at Salt Creek is found on the woman's bikini bottoms and body, a forensic scientist tells Adelaide's Supreme Court.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, sexual-offences, adelaide-5000, sa

• Alleged rape victim left 'humiliated', unable to continue legal case: mum

  By Andie Noonan

  Posted March 21, 2017 11:22:46 | Updated March 21, 2017 15:44:22

  Victoria's legal system needs reform after a teenage girl who accused three brothers of rape was too "devastated" to continue with the case against them, the mother of the alleged victim says.

  Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, geelong-3220

• Child sex abuse probe at school urged after second teacher confesses

  By Edith Bevin

  Posted March 21, 2017 06:25:39 | Updated March 21, 2017 07:29:57

  Advocates for child sex abuse victims demand action after a second former teacher at Hobart private school St Michael's Collegiate admits having sex with a student, a man to whom the school later provided a glowing reference and who went on to become principal of a Queensland school.

  Topics: sexual-offences, child-abuse, anglicans, royal-commissions, hobart-7000, tas, qld

• Indecent assault accused was a 'pastel-wearing cool kid wannabe'

  By Elizabeth Byrne

  Posted March 20, 2017 17:35:38

  The alleged victim in an indecent assault case dating back to the 1980s rejects suggestions he may have been wrong about who attacked him.

  Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act, australia

• German backpacker's skull bone exposed in alleged Salt Creek hammer attack

  By court reporter Rebecca Opie

  Posted March 20, 2017 16:13:16

  A German backpacker allegedly attacked by a man with a hammer at Salt Creek in South Australia suffered a head laceration so deep it exposed bone, the Supreme Court hears.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, sexual-offences, adelaide-5000, sa

• Alleged Salt Creek attack victim looked like she'd 'seen the devil'

  By court reporter Rebecca Opie

  Posted March 17, 2017 17:43:21 | Updated March 17, 2017 18:18:25

  A Brazilian backpacker came running — naked and screaming for help — toward her rescuers "as if there was someone right behind her" and with bruising, scratches and a black eye, the South Australian Supreme Court is told.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, sexual-offences, adelaide-5000, sa

• Anglican Church 'ashamed' about 1,000 complaints of child sex abuse

  By Clare Blumer and Michelle Brown

  Posted March 17, 2017 13:01:29 | Updated March 17, 2017 16:19:34

  Every Anglican Church diocese in the country bar one has received complaints of child sexual abuse in the past 35 years, a report finds.

  Topics: royal-commissions, child-abuse, sexual-offences, religion-and-beliefs, anglicans, australia, sydney-2000, melbourne-3000

• Anglican church head stands by school after second student sex case

  By Edith Bevin

  Posted March 17, 2017 06:28:15

  Tasmania's Anglican Bishop Richard Condie is standing by St Michael's Collegiate in Hobart after a second former teacher fronted court for maintaining sexual relations with a student.

  Topics: child-abuse, sexual-offences, anglicans, royal-commissions, hobart-7000

• Former Hobart private school teacher admits sex with student

  By Edith Bevin and Harriet Aird

  Posted March 16, 2017 18:49:51 | Updated March 17, 2017 08:51:07

  Another former teacher at the elite Hobart girls school, St Michael's Collegiate, is charged over maintaining a sexual relationship with a student.

  Topics: sexual-offences, courts-and-trials, hobart-7000

• Perth woman allegedly sexually assaulted in Bali

  Posted March 15, 2017 21:44:51

  A Perth woman has been allegedly sexually assaulted while walking back to her hotel after a night out in the Indonesian island of Bali.

  Topics: crime, sexual-offences, bali, perth-6000

• 'I'm not going to die today': Backpacker refused to give up during alleged Salt Creek attack

  By Rebecca Opie

  Posted March 15, 2017 16:10:00 | Updated March 15, 2017 16:43:46

  A Brazilian backpacker who was allegedly attacked by a man at Salt Creek felt like she was in a horror movie and thought she was going to die, South Australia's Supreme Court hears.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, sexual-offences, sa, adelaide-5000

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