Notorious gang rapist Mohammed Skaf will remain behind bars, for now, after his latest bid for freedom hit another roadblock as the end of his lengthy sentence looms. The 37-year-old is fighting for external leave after spending two decades behind bars after he and his elder brother Bilal led the infamous Skaf rape gang that assaulted young women on a four-week rampage before the 2000 Olympics. Dressed in prison greens, Mohammed Skaf appeared before a NSW State Parole Board review hearing at Parramatta on Friday via video link from Junee Correctional Centre. He listened intently as he waited to hear whether his latest bid for freedom would be granted.
Sydney serial schoolgirl rapist Mohammed Skaf s bid for freedom hits roadblock
30 Apr, 2021 01:19 AM
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Mohammed Skaf has been in prison since he was 17. Photo / News Limited
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By: Erin Lyons
Plans to reintegrate a schoolgirl rapist back into society have hit another roadblock decades after a shocking gang rape spree rocked the nation.
Notorious gang rapist Mohammed Skaf will remain behind bars, for now, after his latest bid for freedom hit another roadblock as the end of his lengthy sentence looms.
The 37-year-old is fighting for external leave after spending two decades behind bars after he and his elder brother Bilal led the infamous Skaf rape gang that assaulted young women on a four-week rampage before the 2000 Olympics.
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Gang rapist Mohammed Skafâs continued denial of his guilt in disturbing sex crimes is complicating his latest bid for parole and his pathway for a safe return to the community.
Skaf, 17 at the time of the gang rapes of at least six schoolgirls in Sydney alongside his brother Bilal Skaf and 14 other men, has been behind bars since he was arrested in 2000 and is making his fourth bid for parole since becoming eligible three years ago.
Mohammed Skaf was convicted for his role, as a 17-year-old, in a series of âdisturbingâ gang rapes.
Credit:NSW Police
Deliberations on his latest application have been delayed as the State Parole Authority wrestles with concerns about how to safely reintegrate the man into the community as the expiry of his sentence nears in January 2024.
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Gang rapist Mohammed Skafâs continued denial of his guilt in disturbing sex crimes is complicating his latest bid for parole and his pathway for a safe return to the community.
Skaf, 17 at the time of the gang rapes of at least six schoolgirls in Sydney alongside his brother Bilal Skaf and 14 other men, has been behind bars since he was arrested in 2000 and is making his fourth bid for parole since becoming eligible three years ago.
Mohammed Skaf was convicted for his role, as a 17-year-old, in a series of âdisturbingâ gang rapes.
Credit:NSW Police
Deliberations on his latest application have been delayed as the State Parole Authority wrestles with concerns about how to safely reintegrate the man into the community as the expiry of his sentence nears in January 2024.