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Teen’s gang rape found on GoPro

Posted at 10:40 PM, Oct 17, 2015
and last updated 2015-10-17 22:40:01-04

Five individuals -- four men and a teenage boy -- have been arrested in connection with the gang-rape of a 16-year-old girl at a Sydney house party earlier in the year, New South Wales Police have said.

The incident was filmed on a GoPro-style camera, which was later seized by authorities in relation to an anti-graffiti operation. The sexual assault was discovered by police when viewing footage from the device.

The party took place in the working-class Western Sydney suburb of St. Clair in May of this year, a NSW Police media release said.

Police say that up to eight males were in the room when the girl was assaulted, with a number of them sexually assaulting the girl. As of Wednesday, police had arrested four men in their twenties and one 17-year-old boy.

Five individuals -- four men and a teenage boy -- have been arrested in connection with the gang-rape of a 16-year-old girl at a Sydney house party earlier in the year, New South Wales Police have said. The incident was filmed on a GoPro-style camera, which was later seized by authorities in relation to an anti-graffiti operation. The sexual assault was discovered by police when viewing footage from the device Detective Chief Inspector Peter Yeomans, from the Child Abuse Squad said. The party took place in the working-class Western Sydney suburb of St. Clair in May of this year, a NSW Police media release said.

Five individuals -- four men and a teenage boy -- have been arrested in connection with the gang-rape of a 16-year-old girl at a Sydney house party earlier in the year, New South Wales Police have said. The incident was filmed on a GoPro-style camera, which was later seized by authorities in relation to an anti-graffiti operation. The sexual assault was discovered by police when viewing footage from the device Detective Chief Inspector Peter Yeomans, from the Child Abuse Squad said. The party took place in the working-class Western Sydney suburb of St. Clair in May of this year, a NSW Police media release said.

Charges range from "aggravated sexual assault in company," to "filming a person engaged in a private act." The underage suspect was also charged with resisting arrest.

One of the suspects was charged only with concealment of a "serious indictable offense."

A police spokesperson told Australian media that the girl was undergoing counseling and was likely unconscious or semi-conscious during the ordeal.

"It was quite obvious to investigators when viewing this footage that the child was either unconscious or semi-conscious during these assaults," Detective Chief Inspector Peter Yeomans, from the Child Abuse Squad said.

The teen did not report the rape at the time of the incident.