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A 16-year-old boy allegedly involved in the gang rape of two girls in a city carpark has won his bid for supervised bail after telling a court he's been isolated and 'victimised' in custody.
On Thursday, the boy, whose identity is suppressed under state legislation, faced the Adelaide Youth Court charged with two counts of rape over the December 2022 incident.
Sarah Grimwade, for the boy, asked magistrate Kathryn Hodder to consider granting him electronically monitored curfew bail from a youth homelessness centre in Adelaide's western suburbs, but Ms Hodder said he was a suitable candidate for supervised bail instead.
On Thursday, the boy, whose identity is suppressed under state legislation, faced the Adelaide Youth Court charged with two counts of rape over the December 2022 incident (pictured, the stairwell where the alleged rape occurred)
'He is still only 16 years of age and has no issues with previous noncompliance of orders,' Ms Grimwade said.
'He has had exemplary behaviour while he has been in remand for over