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First Cut: Court 'miscarried justice' in gang rape case

Source: ABC News
Published: Friday, June 13, 2008 2:40 AEST
Expires: Friday, July 11, 2008 2:40 AEST

Jail sentences have been imposed on five of the nine males convicted over the rape of a 10-year-old girl at Aurukun, in far north Queensland, in 2006. Watch an extract from Chief Justice Paul de Jersey's judgement, handed down today in Brisbane's Court of Appeal.

Tags: community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, australia, qld, aurukun-4871, brisbane-4000, cairns-4870

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