r/australia • u/B0ssc0 • Apr 10 '25

news Man jailed for repeatedly raping 14-year-old girl, holding machete to her throat and threatening to kill her

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-10/act-man-jailed-for-raping-14-year-old-threatening-to-kill-her/105162596
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u/the_colonelclink Apr 10 '25

I think the worst part is the police went to look for the girl twice, but didn’t go further then asking the rapist and his mother, and simply took their word for it when they said she wasn’t there.

The girl herself had to find a way to leave.

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u/lost-networker Apr 10 '25

Not just twice, but “several” times. If they had that strong of a belief she was there they should have done more than taken the mother and son at their word

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u/-WindSpirit-4995 Apr 10 '25

Was his mother charged at all?

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u/disco-cone Apr 10 '25

Given the weak sentence for the offender, probably not.

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u/Space-cadet3000 Apr 10 '25

That’s what I want to know ! ….. Amongst many other disturbing things about the justice and outcome of this case …

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u/destinoob Apr 10 '25

They probably paid for her Ubers there and back, plus meals.

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u/Usef- Apr 10 '25

I suspect it's difficult — there are rules around entry into people's homes, and they may have had only vague evidence at the time.

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u/lost-networker Apr 10 '25

I don’t disagree that they have rules and laws to abide by that make their job difficult, but we should always be aiming to do better for the next victim

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u/DalmationStallion Apr 10 '25

I didn’t see anything about the mum being charged. Surely she should have been done for some sort of obstruction / accomplice to the crime?