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Two Greek Australian men accused of sexually assaulting a young woman aft picking her up while she waited for a rideshare person been recovered not blameworthy connected each charges successful the Northern Territory Supreme Court.
A assemblage delivered unanimous verdicts connected Friday pursuing a two-week trial and respective hours of deliberation, bringing the lawsuit to a close.
The men had each faced aggregate counts of intersexual intercourse without consent implicit an incidental successful 2024, aft they encountered the woman extracurricular a Darwin nightclub and aboriginal went to her apartment, where they remained for respective hours.
The trial centred connected the contented of consent, with the prosecution arguing the woman was too intoxicated to hold to intersexual activity. CCTV footage shown successful tribunal depicted her needing assistance to walk and appearing heavy affected by alcohol.
The defence, however, maintained that the intersexual encounters were consensual, arguing that inconsistencies successful the woman’s representation created tenable doubt.
The woman, who cannot beryllium identified for ineligible reasons, told the tribunal she had constricted recollection of the nighttime and aboriginal came to judge she had been assaulted. Evidence presented during the trial included witness testimony and video footage from earlier successful the evening.
As the verdicts were delivered, household members of the accused reacted emotionally successful the courtroom. Outside, a defence lawyer said the result showed “justice was done.”
*Neos Kosmos has chosen not to people the afloat details of the defendants astatine this stage
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