Rapists of girl, 10, ’should be jailed’
Sarah Elks; 14/5/08
Queensland’s Solicitor-General has called for jail sentences ranging from one to eight years for nine males who were not sent to prison after they pleaded guilty to raping a 10-year-old girl at Aurukun, on Cape York, in 2006. The appeal against the sentence, which began in Queensland’s Court of Appeal yesterday, was launched by Attorney-General Kerry Shine after the case was revealed in The Australian last year. Cairns District Court judge Sarah Bradley gave suspended sentences to three men, aged 17, 18 and 25 at the time of the rapes, and ordered that six juveniles, aged between 13 and 15, be placed on probation orders with no convictions recorded.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23695371-2702,00.html
Tags: Aboriginal, Australia, Sex Trade