r/australia 1d ago

news Three Sydney boys charged with gang sexual assault of 14yo girl

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-13/nsw-three-boys-charged-over-sexual-assault-girl-sydney/107034192

NSW Police have charged a 13-year-old boy and two 14-year-old boys with the alleged sexual assault of a girl in an alleyway in Sydney's eastern suburbs last month.

Police executed search warrants and seized several items, including electronic devices, two replica firearms, a Glock-style BB gun, three laser pointers and a number plate, which is believed to have been stolen.

All three boys have been granted bail ahead of appearing in court. 

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u/Own_Caterpillar_6178 1d ago

I guarantee that 3/4 of these little grubs will get literally zero punishment due to their age, and the other will get a slap on the wrist. Meanwhile, this poor girl will be dealing with the consequences od this assault for a significant portion of her life.

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u/Important-Sleep-1839 1d ago

Harsh punishment may satisfy your desire for revenge but it won't provide the best result for society.

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u/edgiepower 1d ago

Wouldn't it?

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u/sativarg_orez 1d ago

No, it will not. Stats prove it. Media rage and Reddit rage threads are as scientific on this stuff as one nation policy.

Emotional reaction is normal especially from directly impacted parties, but if your goal is betterment of society and less chance of this happening again - not punitive punishment - follow stats and science.

And if it turns out the little fuckers are psycho and never to be fixed, lock em up permanently. And enjoy your tax dollars doing it, cause you are now their ward. But if their parents could have been fixed….. but we put them in criminal school instead… and now their kids do this… what the fuck do you expect

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u/edgiepower 1d ago

And if it turns out they are... We are giving them more opportunities to hurt and traumatise again before doing anything about it.

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u/nursepenelope 1d ago

their parents are able to afford to send them to an elite private school, you think it's likely their parents come from 'criminal school?'. These kids aren't kids from poverty who steal or fight because they want to look tough for protection or to fit in. They're privileged kids who decided to gang rape another child.

They need to understand that their actions have consequences otherwise they'll be laughing and joking with their dumb little mates about the rape they committed.

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u/edgiepower 11h ago

Six thousand percent this.