Woman allegedly raped by SEVEN men in Australia was 'trying to save a friend' trends now
Five people have been arrested and have faced court over an alleged gang rape in Adelaide last weekend, as court hears one of the accused offered to pay an alleged victim $4000 for her silence.
It is alleged that on Saturday, December 3, two women were sexually assaulted between 11pm and 12:30am in a car park off Adelaide's main night-life strip.
The two women were allegedly walking past the Hotel Plaza carpark early on Sunday morning where they were allegedly caught up in an 'alcohol and cannabis fuelled incident'.
They were then allegedly gang-raped by seven men for half an hour.
One of the women managed to escape, but upon realising her friend was still caught, ran back to help and was gang-raped a second time.
In the following days, five people, including two youths, were arrested over the Hindley St incident.
A 20-year-old man of no fixed address was arrested and charged with rape on Sunday, and faced the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Monday.
On Monday, a 17-year-old Blair Athol boy was arrested and charged with rape, and later appeared in the Adelaide Youth Court where he was refused bail.
A second 17-year-old youth, accused of offering to pay one of the victims to prevent her going to police, was arrested on Tuesday and he was also refused bail in the Adelaide Youth Court.
The Plaza Hotel Car park on Hindley St, where a gang rape is alleged to have occurred. Picture: Shashi Baltutis
On the same day, a 23-year-old Kensington man was charged with two counts of rape.
The identities of the men have been suppressed under court orders, and state law determines youths can also not be named.
A 21-year-old Clearview man was arrested on Wednesday. In the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Thursday, he faced Magistrate Justin Wickens, charged with two counts of engaging in sexual intercourse with a person without consent, and one count of inducing a witness to withhold or give false
