Man allegedly involved in gang rape granted bail

TW: sexual assault

A 19-year-old man accused of taking part in the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl in Sydney’s south-west has been granted bail. The girl was approached by one of his co-accused — a 16-year-old boy who was not known to her — at a Liverpool shopping centre.

Adam Abdul-Hamid is one of four males charged over the alleged assault, which police say unfolded across five separate episodes last December. Detectives allege the group “encouraged each other” while the girl was repeatedly attacked in her own car.

The court heard Abdul-Hamid may have filmed parts of the assault but was not present for all incidents. Justice Hament Dhanji noted the Crown’s case centres on complicity—arguing he joined a “joint criminal enterprise.”

Abdul-Hamid, who has no prior record, has spent three months on remand. The judge cited the long wait for trial, potentially until 2027, in granting bail. He will remain in home detention with strict reporting conditions and was also given permission to work during business hours in a barber shop, near the Liverpool shopping centre in question, but is not allowed to enter the shopping centre.

The case returns to court next month.