Three men have been jailed for the ‘degrading and heinous’ gang rape of three ‘terrified’ teenagers in an Airbnb apartment during a bucks party weekend in Newcastle.
Maurice Hawell, 30, Andrew David, 30, and Marius Hawell, 23, were sentenced on Friday over the attacks committed in February 2022 ahead of the older Hawell brother’s wedding.
Judge Gina O’Rourke imprisoned Maurice Hawell for 14 years with a minimum eight years and six months, while David received 13 years and a non-parole term of seven years and nine months.
Marius Hawell will serve at least five years and five months of a nine-year maximum sentence.
The three were among nine men who rented an Airbnb which became the setting of a nightmare for two 18-year-old friends and a 19-year-old girl who were gang raped over two nights.
The Hawell brothers and David were found guilty in July of engaging in a joint criminal enterprise to sexually assault the women after a weeks-long trial in the NSW District Court.
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