Four men convicted in trial over abuse of deaf relative; three counts unresolved
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Four men were convicted of sexually abusing their deaf relative after a jury completed its work in the State’s longest criminal trial. Jurors could not agree verdicts on three rape counts involving two other men and one of the convicted men. The proceedings were reported on 10 June 2026.
The Central Criminal Court trial, before Judge Caroline Biggs, began the previous October. Seven men originally faced 103 sexual abuse charges, but the Director of Public Prosecutions withdrew 83 charges after the prosecution closed its case. All charges against one brother were withdrawn and he was free to go. The six remaining men denied all charges against them.
Accused C was convicted of ten counts. The jury found him guilty on Tuesday of anally raping a younger sister, Complainant 3, when she was a child, between September 2010 and September 2014. On Wednesday, it found him guilty of nine further counts: sexually assaulting Complainant 2 between 2005 and 2006 and raping her twice between 2015 and 2018; and raping the main complainant three times, anally raping her twice and sexually assaulting her between 2003 and 2010.
Accused B was convicted of three counts of rape and one of anal rape of the main complainant between 2006 and 2014. Accused E was convicted of two counts of anal rape between 2007 and 2009. Accused F was convicted of one count of rape between 2007 and 2009, but the jury could not agree on a second rape count against him. It also could not agree on a rape count against each of Accused A and Accused G.
The judge remanded the three convicted men present into custody until the following month for a sentence hearing. Accused C was absent, and the judge issued a bench warrant after an application by the prosecution. The other two men were remanded on the same terms until that date for DPP directions on the remaining counts. None of the parties can be named for legal reasons.