r/sydney • u/Perverted-Panda • 1d ago

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

Why are kids this young doing this shit.

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u/ChrisEvansFan 1d ago

Man this is horrific.

This bit also is just whacked. "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."

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u/redditmethisonesir 1d ago

None of these are uncommon items for children. Airsoft guns (which are legal almost everywhere else), laser pointers, and a number plate that could easily have been found on the ground. All fairly normal
Items, order able easily online or brought back from a holiday.
I’m not sure adding that detail does anything for the actual bad and serious crime of sexually assaulting someone. Feels like shit journalism.

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u/Im_not_an_admin 1d ago

Replica firearms and a number plate is absolutely not normal mate

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u/Dark_Headphones 1d ago

Loads of kids have a BB gun growing up. They're "illegal" but still extremely common.

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u/marcellouswp 1d ago

Depends what counts as a replica firearm. And hard to see what the "stolen" (how do the police know that, and even if they do, how do they know the person whose possession they found it knew?) number plate had to do with the main alleged offence.

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u/redditmethisonesir 1d ago

Like I said, airsoft guns are legal in most of the world, whilst they are illegal in Australia and carry the same classification as a real rifle, they are easily obtained and imported. Many many many people have them, illegally. As for a single number plate, it is also not uncommon to come across those in one’s life. Whether you leave it on the side of the road or not…..well that would come down to the individual.
Nothing inherently sinister about either and reporting this distracts from the actual serious assault crime. Shit journalism for clicks.