Another verdict delivered in bucks party gang rape trial

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Another verdict delivered in bucks party gang ***** trial

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A jury has returned another verdict in the trial of three men who were found guilty of gang ******* three teenagers during a bucks party weekend.

Andrew David, 30, and brothers Maurice Hawell, 30, and Marius Hawell, 22, stood trial in the NSW District Court this year after pleading not guilty to ******* ******** offences.

The trio were accused of ******* three teenagers at an Airbnb in February 2022 while they were staying in Newcastle to celebrate a bucks party for groom-to-be Maurice.

Prosecutors claimed the men ********* assaulted two 18-year-old women on the Friday night before attacking a 19-year-old woman on the following night.

Camera IconMaurice Hawell has been found guilty of gang ******* three teens. NewsWire / John Appleyard Credit: News Corp Australiadata:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==Camera IconHe was on his bucks weekend. NewsWire / Monique Harmer Credit: News Corp Australia

Maurice and Andrew maintained that all ******* activity was consensual, while Marius claimed he did not participate in any of the ******* incidents during the bucks weekend.

The jury of eight men and four women deliberated for 8½ hours before returning guilty verdicts for nine of the 11 charges on Monday.

However, they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on two counts and were instructed to continue discussions.

At lunchtime on Tuesday, the jurors found Maurice was guilty of ********* touching an 18-year-old without her consent on the previous night.

The teen told the court Maurice had tried to ********* touch her upper thigh, near her groin, while she was lying in bed after consensual **** with another bucks party attendee.

“I don’t, like, want that,” she recalled telling the groom-to-be.

data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==Camera IconAndrew David was also found guilty. NewsWire / Nikki Short Credit: News Corp Australiadata:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==Camera Icon… of the ******* assaults. NewsWire / Monique Harmer Credit: News Corp Australia

The jury also told the court they were unable to reach a unanimous decision about whether the Hawell brothers and Andrew had anally ****** the same 18-year-old woman that night.

The 18-year-old women told the court they had been ****** when they went into a bedroom to retrieve their phones as they prepared to leave the Airbnb on Friday night.

One of the teens told the court she was held down on a neighbouring bed and stripped ****** by a “swarm” of men.

She described trying to bat away a man’s ****** as he tried to put it in her mouth, while another man tried to place her free hand on his ******.

Those allegations are denied by the men.

The teen said she was then vaginally and anally ******, but she was unable to identify her attackers because the room was so dark.

data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==Camera IconThe jury returned guilty verdicts for Marius Hawell. NewsWire / John Appleyard Credit: News Corp Australiadata:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==Camera Icon… over the gang rapes of three teens. NewsWire / John Appleyard Credit: News Corp Australia

On Monday, the jurors determined the Hawell brothers and Andrew had ********* assaulted the women but could not determine whether she had been anally ******.

Judge Gina O’Rourke instructed the jurors to give a majority decision on the charge, meaning a verdict would stand if 11 out of the 12 jurors agreed.

They have retired to consider whether that will be possible.

The three men sat in the dock wearing prison-issued green tracksuits and serious expressions as the second-last verdict was handed down.

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