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.
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Mohammed Skaf has been in prison since he was 17. Photo / News Limited
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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.
Australia s most sadistic child killer applies for parole, sparking warning from original cop
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Killer Robin Reid indicates to police at the crime scene one of the many things he did to Peter Aston in the 13-year-old s torture murder. Photo / MSW Police
Killer Robin Reid indicates to police at the crime scene one of the many things he did to Peter Aston in the 13-year-old s torture murder. Photo / MSW Police
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Australia s most sadistic child killer will kill again if freed, warns the detective who helped put the most perverted evil human I have ever come across behind bars.
One of the notorious Skaf gang rapists will not be released on parole for at least another two and a half months, with the State Parole Authority (SPA) raising concerns about the safety of the community.
Mohammed Skaf, 38, appeared in public for the first time in almost a decade as he pleaded for release.
The SPA formed an intention to deny release last November on the advice but granted Skaf a hearing to argue against a final refusal.
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Mohammad Skaf has appeared in court for the first time in almost a decade with the his parole decision postponed for at least a month. (Nick Moir)
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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.
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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.