Three Scots College Boys Charged With Sexually Assaulting A Teenage Girl
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Three teenagers have been charged after allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Sydney’s east last month. It comes after police executed search warrants at several homes in the Eastern Suburbs at 7.30am today, which saw three boys – one aged 13 and two aged 14 – arrested and taken to Surry Hills Police Station.
The boys were charged with aggravated sexual assault in company with others, and aggravated sexual touching of another person. All three were subsequently granted strict conditional bail to appear before a children’s court on Tuesday 25 August, 2026.
Replica Firearms Among Seized Belongings
The arrests follow an investigation by officers attached to Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command, which reportedly began in July. As part of the investigations, police were told that on the evening of Wednesday 22 July, a 14-year-old girl had allegedly been sexually assaulted by three teenage boys in an alleyway in the Eastern Suburbs.
During the search warrants, officers located and seized a number of electronic devices. Other objects seized in the search include two replica firearms, a Glock style BB gun, three laser pointers, and a number plate – believed to have been allegedly stolen. All items will undergo forensic examination.
According to The Daily Telegraph, all three boys were students of Scots College, an all-boys, presbyterian school widely considered among Sydney’s most prestigious and expensive secondary educators.
The incident follows an alarming statistic that saw recorded child sexual assault incidents increase by 9% per year over the past 10 years, of which 3 in 5 were committed against girls. According to the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research,1 in 5 Australian women have experienced sexual violence since the age of 15.
Incident reports of sexual assault are usually supplied to police via three pathways. The first, in person, is where a victim attends a police station to make a formal complaint. Individuals can also make a report online using the Sexual Assault Reporting Option (SARO) form. Finally, mandatory reporting requires certain professionals to report suspected incidents to the Child Protection Helpline.
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