An Australian appeal court today overturned a judge’s ruling and jailed three men and two boys who raped a 10-year-old girl in an Outback community.

Outraged child welfare campaigners in Australia have protested after nine people who raped a 10-year-old girl escaped jail because a judge said their victim “consented” to sex.

REVELATIONS that nine people who pleaded guilty to raping a 10-year-old girl had escaped prison sentences were met with outrage in Australia yesterday, prompting officials to launch a review of sexual assault cases in remote Aboriginal communities.

Nine people who pleaded guilty to raping a 10-year-old girl have avoided prison sentences – causing outrage in Australia today.