Fury as child rapists escape jail in Australia

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.

Fury as child rapists escape jail in Australia

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.

The girl had been removed from a remote Aboriginal community after being sexually abused at the age of 7, then sent back to live in the northern Queensland town of Aurukun where she was attacked.

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