Sunday, April 09, 2006

Muslim gang-rape

Rough, slow justice for rape victims
"There is a reason so few reported cases end in convictions, writes Paul Sheehan. As Tegan Wagner stood outside the NSW Supreme Court last Wednesday surrounded by a media scrum, as she named herself and declared victory over the men who had raped her, the deeper story of her trial was more disturbing.
Every one of these instances worked against the interests of the victims. Every case involved Muslim defendants and non-Muslim complainants, thus compounding alleged sex crimes with hate crimes. These cases represent the apex of thousands of instances of sexual harassment, or worse, in Sydney.
There must be an appeal against Justice Hidden's sentences or they will make a mockery of Tegan Wagner's calls for women to come forward and trust the same courts that delivered her such rough, slow justice.
Paul Sheehan's book, Girls Like You, about the K trials and the gang-rape phenomenon, will be published in late July."

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