Bombshell twist over bucks night rapists who attacked three young women over one party weekend

Three men who pack raped 3 teenage women during a bucks enactment play person told a tribunal they mean to entreaty their sentences. 

Maurice Hawell, 30, his member Marius, 23, and person Andrew David, 30, were convicted of forming a associated transgression endeavor successful attacking the women astatine a Newcastle Airbnb over 2 nights successful February, 2022. 

All 3 men, who person consistently maintained their innocence, person precocious filed notices of their volition to entreaty their sentences with the New South Wales Supreme Court. 

On Thursday, acting registrar of the Supreme Court Peter Clayton acceptable the substance down to beryllium heard aboriginal this month. 

Mr Clayton said the 'large' substance would beryllium dealt with implicit 'multiple days', according to news.com.au.

The Sydney-based trio were celebrating the matrimony of groom-to-be Maurice erstwhile they took portion successful the assaults described arsenic 'degrading and heinous' by District Court Judge Gina O'Rourke. 

They were recovered blameworthy connected aggregate counts of aggravated intersexual battle successful company, aggravated intersexual touching successful institution and attempting to perpetrate intersexual battle successful institution by a assemblage successful July past year. 

Two 18-year-old women were sexually assaulted by aggregate men connected the archetypal evening aft they met Maurice astatine the Cambridge Hotel. 

On the 2nd evening, a 19-year-old pistillate was led into the chamber of the Airbnb by 2 men who proceeded to rape her portion a 3rd antheral entered to watch. 

Both Marius and David attended the wedding of Maurice and his cousin, Loubna Yousif, which took spot weeks aft the attacks.

Maurice, a erstwhile solicitor, was convicted of 10 charges and sentenced to 14 years successful jailhouse with an 8 twelvemonth and six period non-parole period. 

His younger brother, Maurius, was convicted of 7 offences and sentenced to 9 years successful jailhouse with a non-parole play of 5 years and 5 months.  

David was convicted of 9 charges and sentenced to 13 years successful jailhouse with a 7 twelvemonth and 9 period non-parole period. 

In delivering their sentences successful July, Mr O'Rourke described the offending arsenic 'cold, callous, degrading and criminal' and said the men had acted pursuant to a 'pack mentality'. 

'They are 3 highly educated, intelligent, successful, nonrecreational young men who travel from loving Christian families, who dainty their ain sisters, mothers and pistillate partners with respect and love,' Judge O'Rourke told the court.

'And yet connected this weekend, they were susceptible successful a battalion mentality of treating 3 young women successful this cold, callous, degrading and transgression way.'