Pair face court over Wollongong rape
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Two men have appeared in Wollongong District Court accused of a brutal rape outside Wollongong's Glasshouse Tavern last year.
Aleksander Paravinja, 19, of Mount St Thomas and Edward Power Simeon, 19, are accused of raping an 18-year-old woman on July 14.
Both are charged with one count of aggravated sexual assault in company and aggravated sexual assault inflicting grievous bodily harm.
A statement of facts tendered to the court says the victim was taken to hospital where she saw a sexual assault counsellor.
Police seized closed-circuit TV footage allegedly linking the two accused to the scene, intercepted 300 telephone communications and took DNA evidence.
The men are expected to enter a plea when the case returns to court on November 17.
A trial has been set down for March next year.
