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Lawyers for a Blue Mountains schoolboy who raped a teenage girl during a 'humiliating' two-hour ordeal at a Halloween party argued his conviction was 'grossly improbable' and the victim's evidence should not be relied on.
The teenager, who cannot be legally identified, was in August sentenced in the Parramatta Children's Court to at least two months behind bars over the 2019 attack at a house party that occurred while he and his victim were both students at a Blue Mountains school.
He was led away by Corrective Services officers after magistrate Louise McManus sentenced him to spend a maximum of nine months in a youth detention centre.
But he walked from the courthouse later that same afternoon after he was granted bail pending an appeal against his conviction.
The appeal came before judge Huw Baker on Wednesday at Parramatta District Court, where the man's barrister Anthony Bellanto KC told the court that Ms McManus's ruling was 'grossly improbable'.
The teenager, who was sentenced to a maximum of nine months in jail, was released on bail later that same day. Picture: Channel 9
The teenager pleaded not guilty, but following a trial earlier this year, he was found guilty of six charges of sexual assault and one count of choking without consent.
He was found not guilty of a further two charges of sexual assault, common assault and choking causing loss of consciousness.
The trial was told the then teenage girl was affected by alcohol and consented to some sexual acts but did not consent to others.
During sentencing, Ms McManus described the sexual assaults as 'humiliating' and showing 'little regard for her as a person'.
Mr Bellanto detailed the relationship between the former students and said the girl did not like the boy prior to the assault.
'There's an evolving warmth between them when one looks at a number of significant events at the party from when he arrived at 8.30pm,' Mr Bellanto told the court.
The court was told the girl 'disliked him immensely' and was trying to avoid him when at the party.
The pair then had a smoke together on the back deck while chatting.
Mr Bellanto told the court the pair watched television together later in the night and engaged in
