Two teenagers committed 'hate crimes' when they allegedly used a gay dating app to lure men to meet and were armed with crowbars, pepper spray and knives, a Perth court is told.
Two teenage boys have been accused of "hate crimes" as part of an alleged catfishing scheme using dating app Grindr to lure gay men to a location before attacking them with various weapons including crowbars.Two teenage boys have been accused of "hate crimes" as part of an alleged catfishing scheme using a dating app to lure gay men to meet face-to-face before attacking them.
Police allege the "homophobic assaults" occurred when the boys lured two men to a public location in the southern Perth suburb of South Lake.The prosecutor told the Perth Children's Court a group of boys used the gay dating app Grindr to "lure" victims to a location by posing as a man interested in having a sexual encounter.
The teenagers allegedly then stole the car of the second victim and left him with serious injuries including a "large" laceration to his arm.The prosecutor told the court recordings of the incidents were found by police on phones at the two co-accused's homes, along with clothing matching that worn by those depicted in the videos.
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