i think her family just wants the compo cause if her hair was that badly burnt he would of done something about it then. instead it took him serveral months to a year to even no about it. until he got hold of the DVD. so that would be tellin us something there!!

I LOVE USE BOYS>

Film of attack on girl shown to parents
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October 18, 2007

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A 16-YEAR-OLD boy who forced a girl to perform a degrading sex act on him while a group of his friends chanted “the victim” and filmed the pack attack in Werribee last year told police he would not treat an animal in the same fashion.

The boy, who has admitted spitting on the girl and setting her hair alight during the film, also told police he procured the girl for oral sex in front of his friends because he thought it would be “a laugh with everyone watching”, a Children’s Court heard yesterday.

The boy’s admissions were aired at a plea hearing for him and seven other teenagers yesterday who have pleaded guilty to making a pornographic film, which they called “C— The Movie” and sold for $5 each.

The film, which was played in a closed court to the boys’ parents yesterday, many of whom had not seen it, shows the boys circling the girl and repeatedly setting her hair on fire while they collectively force her to perform oral sex on two of the boys on five separate occasions.

The boys, now aged between 16 and 18 years, also urinate on her, drop a lit cigarette down her pants and write the movie title on her breasts during the film.

One boy says, ” F—, she’s the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen” during the film and another asks to urinate in her mouth before saying, “It’s the Werribee way.”

Before the film ends, they kick her clothes into the river and tell her she’s “going topless”.

A prosecutor, who cannot be named, said the victim — a 17-year-old girl who suffers from a learning disability — appeared intimidated and cried throughout the attack on the banks of the Werribee River in June last year.

The court heard the girl repeatedly pleaded with the boys to stop what they were doing and that when one of the defendants sprayed deodorant through a flame to set her hair alight, she screamed, collapsed to the ground and cowered.

The girl’s father wrote in a victim impact statement that he only learned of the DVD two hours before excerpts of it were shown on a television program last October.

“On the day I found out about the crime involving my daughter, I felt intensely sick and full of rage,” he said.

He said his family had suffered significant emotional and financial damage because of the attack on his daughter, who continues to feel as though people recognise her as the girl in the DVD.

The court heard the eight boys, all of whom had been assessed as suitable for an adolescent sexual rehabilitation program, had been identified and harassed in their local communities.

One lawyer said his client had been stabbed at a party and suffered retribution during sporting and social events. Another lawyer said his client had been attacked twice. The court heard another defendant’s family had excrement and urine thrown at their house.

Four of the boys’ lawyers, who pleaded for their clients yesterday, told the court they were remorseful and wanted to avoid convictions.

The prosecutor disagreed, arguing the boys had already been given the chance to avoid youth detention by entering a guilty plea and being assessed for a rehabilitation program for young offenders.

“These are very, very serious matters. They are appalling and degrading crimes,” she said. “It is, if you like, a group or pack mentality which I’m sure everybody in this room hopes is never repeated.”

Three teens charged over the DVD will contest the charges in December, meaning the victim will testify in front of the accused.

The plea hearing for the eight teens, who have pleaded guilty to offences including manufacturing child pornography and assault, continues today.

I agree it does not matter which school they went to. I get annoyed when the media says the Werribee secondary school youth.

If any of these boys had an ounce of sense they would not call these
boys friends.Perhaps choose their friends more carefully and not give in to peer pressure. I hope this serves as a reminder for others when egged on to do something against their principles just to walk away. Many a person has gone to jail because they did not want to go against their so called friends.

I believe there may have been a couple of boys that really did not want to be there.

Better to be a so called coward than to get a criminal conviction.

As for your last comment, I think a decent man would have told his mates “Enough” and “This is wrong..lets leave her alone.” To just walk away and leave her would be a cowards act.

To stand up against your enemies is easy, to stand up against your friends…

Point one. I find the society is full of sick minded people at the moment. People who can only communicate by using foul language.It shows you have a poor command of the English language and lack respect for yourself and others.

Point 2. Why are the youth of today so rebellious. I think it is due to lack of parental control and they are given too much material thing too little attention. They are given everything they want and nothing they need. Such as love and discipline.

Point 3. Take a good look at the way people can not even spell the basic english yet they profess to know all,

I for one can not stand in judgement only to say the whole incident is so despicable someone has to answer for it.

This we will see come June 18th when they all go to trail. There will be no joy for anyone over this. It has done a lot of damage to the reputation of Werribee and to the Respectable youth of Werribee.

We will then see which schools the Ring Leaders went to which I believe was not Werribee Secondary but the Wealthy sector of the community. I believe none of the boys come from deprived backgrounds
so they can not claim to be disadvantaged. I do not know the young lady however I have deep concern for her and her family come the day of the trail. What a horrific nightmare to have to go through. I say to them be strong and truth will prevail.

To the Boys” why do you always have to be one of the so called in crowd. Why couldn”t the ones with any decency walk away it would have proved you more of a man than to stay with your so called mates.” Why not be an individual instead of one of the crowd.