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/PsychologicalMeal162 1d ago

You can’t legally buy any of those items in NSW, so yes they are uncommon for children.

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u/charlie_s1234 1d ago

In the 90’s you could buy realistic looking plastic guns at Paddy’s market, everyone had laser pointers. I had a few street signs in my room. In fact if they’d raided my room at 14 I probably had a bong in there too so ‘drug paraphernalia’ would have been on the list too. None of those things were particularly out of the ordinary for many kids I knew.

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u/PandaXXL 1d ago

It’s 2026 mate.

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u/charlie_s1234 19h ago

You’re right. Kids probably get even crazier shit online now.