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A girl allegedly assaulted by a gang of teenage boys who captured the attack on video has given a statement to police.
A police spokesman today confirmed the teenage girl had attended Werribee police station, where she gave a provided a statement on the alleged assault to officers.
The graphic film, parts of which were aired last night on Channel Seven's Today Tonight, reportedly shows the semi-naked girl — who has a mild developmental delay — performing sexual acts on a gang of up to 12 youths who then set her hair on fire and urinate on her.
The DVDs, which have been sold in secondary schools in Melbourne's west for $5, also show the boys making chlorine bombs, dropping flares on a homeless man and throwing eggs at taxi drivers.
Police yet to see DVD
A Victoria Police spokesman said police were told only yesterday about the alleged sexual assault, by the alleged victim's father.
"I confirmed that myself when I spoke to detectives today, Werribee police were not informed until yesterday morning and that was the first we had heard about it,'' the spokesman said.
"We (also) got a phone call from a teacher yesterday morning passing on second-hand information they had heard about the existing DVD and that Today Tonight were doing a story on it.
The investigation into the alleged attack would not start until police obtain a copy of the DVD.
"The investigation hasn't started. We're obtaining a copy of the DVD today which will commence an investigation in relation to the DVD and the father of the alleged victim of the assault will be taking her to Werribee police today to make a statement in relation to the incident and that will be the start of that particular investigation."
Father's plea
The father of the alleged victim has pleaded for all copies of the DVD to be destroyed.
"Alan", the father of 17-year-old victim "Julie", called on parents whose children possessed the DVD to destroy it.
"I'm almost begging parents to do this. This has such implications for my daughter's future," he told Southern Cross Radio.
Julie arranged to meet two of the boys through an internet chat service at a Werribee shopping centre, but soon after arriving she was surrounded and forced by a gang of up to 12 to a nearby riverbank, where the attack took place, Alan said.
"She's very ashamed. She was hoodwinked, tricked, manipulated into this and it's all happened within five or ten minutes," he said.
Daughter 'traumatised'
"She is very traumatised by this."
Channel Seven had told him that parents of the boys who produced the DVD laughed it off as "just a bit of fun".
"They need to know that that is not a bit of fun," he said. "They've caused us great grief," said Alan.
He said the attack was a warning to parents of the dangers of the internet.
"Start listening to what some of the professionals are saying about the problems that can occur," he said.
Bracks condemns attack
Victorian Premier Steve Bracks has described the assault as "horrendous".
"Frankly I'm appalled, and it's behaviour that the whole of Victoria will reject," Mr Bracks said while making a transport announcement in Mitcham.
"This is a horrendous act on someone who was obviously very innocent, someone who was being led into this situation. This (is) illegal behaviour which I reject totally, and I think the whole community will be appalled by that."
Credits name boys
Senior Sergeant Paul Mullett, secretary of Victoria's Police Association, watched excerpts of the video yesterday.
"This is nothing short of disgraceful behaviour. What I have seen is reprehensible behaviour," he said.
The names of some boys involved were listed in the DVD's credits, he said.
"They are really not very smart because they have identified themselves by name and in person."
Sergeant Mullett called for the "full force of the law" to be brought against those involved.
The principal of Kardinia International College, in Geelong, said tonight that one boy had been expelled over his role in producing the DVD.
Principal John Goodfellow said he was not aware of the DVD or its contents until yesterday, and a school investigation would take into the actions of two other male students who "may have had some involvement".
Mr Goodfellow told the Nine Network tonight that he had spoken to the expelled teen.
"No, he wasn't really trying to defend himself, he knows he did a very, very silly thing," Mr Goodfellow said.
"(But) I don't think he understood the full extent and the consequence of the stupid, horrid video."
Mr Goodfellow said the Geelong school community was unified in its support for the young woman involved.
"We're absolutely shocked and we feel very sad and sorry for the girl concerned ... what has happened is absolute stupidity and also very, very miserable."
Students condemn attack DVD
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Students at a Melbourne school where teenagers circulated DVDs of a sex assault on a teenage girl have released a statement condemning the people behind the graphic film.
The student leadership team at Werribee Secondary College said in a statement that they feared the actions of a few students would reflect poorly on the entire school.
"We believe the media's representation of our school has been morally unjust, targeting the whole student body for a minority," the statement reads.
'Mindless actions'
"We do not condone the actions of the irresponsible students ... involved in the DVD and as students of Werribee Secondary College we strongly disassociate ourselves with (sic) their mindless actions."
Werribee Secondary College principal Steve Butyn said students had reacted with shock and horror to the claims.
The graphic film, parts of which were aired last night on Channel Seven's Today Tonight, reportedly shows the semi-naked girl, who has a mild developmental delay, performing sexual acts on a gang of up to 12 youths who then set her hair on fire and urinate on her.
The DVDs, which have been sold in secondary schools in Melbourne's west for $5, also show the boys making chlorine bombs, dropping flares on a homeless man and throwing eggs at taxi drivers.
Students investigated
The school had identified four students it believed were involved either in the production or distribution of the DVD and had passed their names on to police, Mr Butyn said.
"We think we've got them all (students involved). Those names have been passed on to the police."
One scene in the DVD, which depicted boys fighting on an oval, appeared to have been filmed at the school.
Mr Butyn said he first heard about the DVD on Friday in a phone call from the principal of another school, who had been contacted by Channel 7.
He said it appeared the DVD had been circulated to a number of schools in Wyndham and others outside the district, as far afield as Geelong.
School 'tainted'
Mr Butyn said he feared his school would be smeared by the allegations.
"Our youngsters are high-calibre young citizens who don't deserve to be tainted by that particular incident.
"It's simply disgusting and appalling that such a video could be produced.
"I find it very hard to understand why people would want to produce such a document. It just disgusts us immensely."
Mr Butyn said he had not watched the DVD: "I just can't bring myself to look at it."
Police interviewing a group of youth who participated, produced and distributed a graphic DVD showing a teenage girl allegedly being assaulted today said it had become a rape investigation.
Detective Inspector Simon Clemence from the sexual crimes unit said up to 12 boys could be charged.
He said two boys were being investigated in relation to the assault of the girl but had yet to be interviewed. The rape offence involved oral sex, he said.
"At this stage I think it would be fair to say it is a rape and some indecent assaults as well,'' he said.
"We have taken a statement from the girl and she states quite categorically that she was not a willing participant on what occurred on that particular occasion and that confirms the basis of the offence.
"The this stage the primary offence is the sexual offence and that's a serious sexual assault we are investigating.''
He said some of the 12 youths had been identified and he was confident all the perpetrators would be found and interviewed by this afternoon.
"There is still a few yet to be identified and we are asking the public, and we know the material has been circulated at a couple of the schools, if any of the people at those schools know who the people are then they should let us know,'' he said.
The parents of three boys allegedly involved in the filming have asked police to interview their sons and Detective Clemence said police were in the process of arranging the interviews.
"We have three parents that have contacted us so far and have asked us to come and have their boys interviewed and we're in the process of facilitating that right now,'' he said.
He said he was not surprised the parents had been forthcoming to police.
"I'm not surprised at all actually - I think that the parents are doing what any normal parent would do in the circumstances,'' he said.
The DVD, shot in June, includes footage of the men urinating on the girl, setting her hair alight three times and throwing her top and jacket into the river.
At least two students have been expelled, and another three suspended from schools in the district, as parents, peers and police grapple with what has happened.
Detective Clemence said of the DVD: ``It is quite disturbing, very disturbing actually.''
"I can tell you I have seen the video and there is no humour in it. The girl is the victim of a serious crime, she's very traumatised, the parents are very traumatised, and anyone who thinks this is a bit of a joke perhaps must have a good look at themselves.
"I would encourage anyone who gets a hold of this material, anyone who sees this material to report it to us and we will do anything in our power to stop it.''
He said camera operators and distributors as well as those participating in the film could face charges.
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Their perents have come back at media suggesting "it was all in good fun"
A girl allegedly assaulted by a gang of teenage boys who captured the attack on video has given a statement to police.
A police spokesman today confirmed the teenage girl had attended Werribee police station, where she gave a provided a statement on the alleged assault to officers.
The graphic film, parts of which were aired last night on Channel Seven's Today Tonight, reportedly shows the semi-naked girl — who has a mild developmental delay — performing sexual acts on a gang of up to 12 youths who then set her hair on fire and urinate on her.
The DVDs, which have been sold in secondary schools in Melbourne's west for $5, also show the boys making chlorine bombs, dropping flares on a homeless man and throwing eggs at taxi drivers.
Police yet to see DVD
A Victoria Police spokesman said police were told only yesterday about the alleged sexual assault, by the alleged victim's father.
"I confirmed that myself when I spoke to detectives today, Werribee police were not informed until yesterday morning and that was the first we had heard about it,'' the spokesman said.
"We (also) got a phone call from a teacher yesterday morning passing on second-hand information they had heard about the existing DVD and that Today Tonight were doing a story on it.
The investigation into the alleged attack would not start until police obtain a copy of the DVD.
"The investigation hasn't started. We're obtaining a copy of the DVD today which will commence an investigation in relation to the DVD and the father of the alleged victim of the assault will be taking her to Werribee police today to make a statement in relation to the incident and that will be the start of that particular investigation."
Father's plea
The father of the alleged victim has pleaded for all copies of the DVD to be destroyed.
"Alan", the father of 17-year-old victim "Julie", called on parents whose children possessed the DVD to destroy it.
"I'm almost begging parents to do this. This has such implications for my daughter's future," he told Southern Cross Radio.
Julie arranged to meet two of the boys through an internet chat service at a Werribee shopping centre, but soon after arriving she was surrounded and forced by a gang of up to 12 to a nearby riverbank, where the attack took place, Alan said.
"She's very ashamed. She was hoodwinked, tricked, manipulated into this and it's all happened within five or ten minutes," he said.
Daughter 'traumatised'
"She is very traumatised by this."
Channel Seven had told him that parents of the boys who produced the DVD laughed it off as "just a bit of fun".
"They need to know that that is not a bit of fun," he said. "They've caused us great grief," said Alan.
He said the attack was a warning to parents of the dangers of the internet.
"Start listening to what some of the professionals are saying about the problems that can occur," he said.
Bracks condemns attack
Victorian Premier Steve Bracks has described the assault as "horrendous".
"Frankly I'm appalled, and it's behaviour that the whole of Victoria will reject," Mr Bracks said while making a transport announcement in Mitcham.
"This is a horrendous act on someone who was obviously very innocent, someone who was being led into this situation. This (is) illegal behaviour which I reject totally, and I think the whole community will be appalled by that."
Credits name boys
Senior Sergeant Paul Mullett, secretary of Victoria's Police Association, watched excerpts of the video yesterday.
"This is nothing short of disgraceful behaviour. What I have seen is reprehensible behaviour," he said.
The names of some boys involved were listed in the DVD's credits, he said.
"They are really not very smart because they have identified themselves by name and in person."
Sergeant Mullett called for the "full force of the law" to be brought against those involved.
The principal of Kardinia International College, in Geelong, said tonight that one boy had been expelled over his role in producing the DVD.
Principal John Goodfellow said he was not aware of the DVD or its contents until yesterday, and a school investigation would take into the actions of two other male students who "may have had some involvement".
Mr Goodfellow told the Nine Network tonight that he had spoken to the expelled teen.
"No, he wasn't really trying to defend himself, he knows he did a very, very silly thing," Mr Goodfellow said.
"(But) I don't think he understood the full extent and the consequence of the stupid, horrid video."
Mr Goodfellow said the Geelong school community was unified in its support for the young woman involved.
"We're absolutely shocked and we feel very sad and sorry for the girl concerned ... what has happened is absolute stupidity and also very, very miserable."
Students condemn attack DVD
Quote:
Students at a Melbourne school where teenagers circulated DVDs of a sex assault on a teenage girl have released a statement condemning the people behind the graphic film.
The student leadership team at Werribee Secondary College said in a statement that they feared the actions of a few students would reflect poorly on the entire school.
"We believe the media's representation of our school has been morally unjust, targeting the whole student body for a minority," the statement reads.
'Mindless actions'
"We do not condone the actions of the irresponsible students ... involved in the DVD and as students of Werribee Secondary College we strongly disassociate ourselves with (sic) their mindless actions."
Werribee Secondary College principal Steve Butyn said students had reacted with shock and horror to the claims.
The graphic film, parts of which were aired last night on Channel Seven's Today Tonight, reportedly shows the semi-naked girl, who has a mild developmental delay, performing sexual acts on a gang of up to 12 youths who then set her hair on fire and urinate on her.
The DVDs, which have been sold in secondary schools in Melbourne's west for $5, also show the boys making chlorine bombs, dropping flares on a homeless man and throwing eggs at taxi drivers.
Students investigated
The school had identified four students it believed were involved either in the production or distribution of the DVD and had passed their names on to police, Mr Butyn said.
"We think we've got them all (students involved). Those names have been passed on to the police."
One scene in the DVD, which depicted boys fighting on an oval, appeared to have been filmed at the school.
Mr Butyn said he first heard about the DVD on Friday in a phone call from the principal of another school, who had been contacted by Channel 7.
He said it appeared the DVD had been circulated to a number of schools in Wyndham and others outside the district, as far afield as Geelong.
School 'tainted'
Mr Butyn said he feared his school would be smeared by the allegations.
"Our youngsters are high-calibre young citizens who don't deserve to be tainted by that particular incident.
"It's simply disgusting and appalling that such a video could be produced.
"I find it very hard to understand why people would want to produce such a document. It just disgusts us immensely."
Mr Butyn said he had not watched the DVD: "I just can't bring myself to look at it."
Police interviewing a group of youth who participated, produced and distributed a graphic DVD showing a teenage girl allegedly being assaulted today said it had become a rape investigation.
Detective Inspector Simon Clemence from the sexual crimes unit said up to 12 boys could be charged.
He said two boys were being investigated in relation to the assault of the girl but had yet to be interviewed. The rape offence involved oral sex, he said.
"At this stage I think it would be fair to say it is a rape and some indecent assaults as well,'' he said.
"We have taken a statement from the girl and she states quite categorically that she was not a willing participant on what occurred on that particular occasion and that confirms the basis of the offence.
"The this stage the primary offence is the sexual offence and that's a serious sexual assault we are investigating.''
He said some of the 12 youths had been identified and he was confident all the perpetrators would be found and interviewed by this afternoon.
"There is still a few yet to be identified and we are asking the public, and we know the material has been circulated at a couple of the schools, if any of the people at those schools know who the people are then they should let us know,'' he said.
The parents of three boys allegedly involved in the filming have asked police to interview their sons and Detective Clemence said police were in the process of arranging the interviews.
"We have three parents that have contacted us so far and have asked us to come and have their boys interviewed and we're in the process of facilitating that right now,'' he said.
He said he was not surprised the parents had been forthcoming to police.
"I'm not surprised at all actually - I think that the parents are doing what any normal parent would do in the circumstances,'' he said.
The DVD, shot in June, includes footage of the men urinating on the girl, setting her hair alight three times and throwing her top and jacket into the river.
At least two students have been expelled, and another three suspended from schools in the district, as parents, peers and police grapple with what has happened.
Detective Clemence said of the DVD: ``It is quite disturbing, very disturbing actually.''
"I can tell you I have seen the video and there is no humour in it. The girl is the victim of a serious crime, she's very traumatised, the parents are very traumatised, and anyone who thinks this is a bit of a joke perhaps must have a good look at themselves.
"I would encourage anyone who gets a hold of this material, anyone who sees this material to report it to us and we will do anything in our power to stop it.''
He said camera operators and distributors as well as those participating in the film could face charges.
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