Three men were found guilty of multiple counts of rape earlier this year after they met three women who were then assaulted in an Airbnb during a bucks party weekend.
A woman raped during a bucks party in Newcastle has told a court the attack left her feeling "deeply lost".Two women who were raped during a bucks party weekend in Newcastle have told a court of the massive emotional toll the attack has taken, including flashbacks, panic attacks and feeling unable to trust people."I was known for being happy, outgoing and constantly surrounded by friends.
The woman's victim impact statement was read to the NSW District Court by a support person as Andrew David, 30, and Marius Hawell, 23, faced sentence proceedings., one count of aggravated sexual touching and one count of attempted aggravated sexual assault, following a trial earlier this year. Two of the women, both 18 at the time, were assaulted on a Friday night and a third woman, then 19, was raped in the same apartment the following night.One of the women said she had hesitated to write a victim impact statement, but decided to "voice my story".She recalled beginning to think that "life was so unfair and cruel" and blamed herself at one point for "allowing it to happen".
The woman told the court she had flashbacks and continuously worried about waking up in the middle of the night due to a bad dream.
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