Outrage after rapists of 10-yr-old escape sentence

National media reported on Monday that District Court Judge Sarah Bradley placed six of the offenders, who were juveniles at the time of the rape, on 12-month probation and recorded no convictions against them, and suspended six-month prison sentences for the three other offenders, aged 17, 18 and 26.

Bradley told the offenders in her sentencing remarks that it was illegal to have sex with anyone younger than 16, but that the victim in this case “was not forced and she probably agreed to have sex with all of you,” The Australian newspaper and Australian Broadcasting Corp reported.