Seven males forced two women into the stairwell of an Adelaide car park where the women were then repeatedly raped for over 30 minutes during a night out, a court has heard.
Key points:
- Three people have so far been charged — but prosecutors believe four others were involved
- A 23-year-old Kensington man is the latest to be arrested, and is seeking bail
- Prosecutors told the court the two victims were forced into a stairwell by the group of men
A 23-year-old Kensington man — whose identity has been suppressed by the court — appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Wednesday afternoon where he applied to be released on bail.
He is the third person to be charged in relation to the alleged crime — after a 20-year-old man and 17-year-old boy.
Opposing bail, police prosecutor Brevet Sergeant Amanda Sparnan told the court the two women, aged 18 and 19, had been on a night out when they walked by a car park on Solomon Street about 2am on Sunday.
She said they saw a group of seven males near the car park and one of the women knew some of the group through an ex-boyfriend before they were invited to drink alcohol and consume cannabis with them.
“At one point, not long after being there, one of the victims was dragged by her arm and forced into the stairwell by one of the males,” Sergeant Sparnan said.
‘Some raped, others watched’
Sergeant Sparnan said the woman was forced to perform numerous sex acts with three men — the details of which are too graphic to publish.
“Some…
