An anonymous call to Crime Stoppers in January has uncovered shocking allegations of consistent and horrific child abuse in north Queensland.
The call led to the arrest of four men charged with the alleged rape and exploitation of children in north Queensland.These include rape, unlawful carnal knowledge, indecent treatment of a child, permitting abuse of children on premises, grooming, involving a child in the making of exploitation material and deprivation of liberty.However, in some instances, the offences date back to 2014, when a victim child was just five years old.
Police prosecutor Sheena Gravino said in initial interviews with police, the accused referred to himself as a 'pimp' and a 'player.' When the defendant was told he would be remanded in custody and transferred to the Capricornia Correctional Centre he simply gave a thumbs up to the court.During the bail application for the 21-year-old, the man appeared very distressed and loudly sobbed throughout his bail application.It is alleged he raped one of the victims in 2016, and recently apologised stating he was "sorry about the damages done.
"I do not make these submissions to shame any person in relation to sexual preferences … but I will say there is having a sexual relationship with a child who at that time [was] between the ages of 13 and 15; and if I can phrase it to say, 'it wasn't vanilla sex'," Ms Gravino said."There is a witness who provides a version to police that she saw the victim child engaged in that sexual role play … walking the defendant around attached to a chain and collar.
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