Notorious gang rapist Mohammed Skaf writes letter begging to be released
ON the eve of Sydney’s historic 2000 Olympic Games, a gang of 14 terrorised young girls in the city’s west, sexually and physically abusing their innocent victims. Now, Sydney gang rapist Mohammed Skaf has written a letter begging to be released.
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NOTORIOUS Sydney gang rapist Mohammed Skaf has written a letter begging to be released from prison on parole — despite showing no remorse for his depraved crimes — claiming he is being kept in jail only because of his “high notoriety”.
Skaf was convicted alongside his brother Bilal over a series of cowardly gang rapes on young women in Sydney’s southwest in 2000.
But nearly two decades later, a prerelease Corrective Services report says the serial rapist “continues to blame the victims” and has no “victim empathy”.
Skaf, 35, became eligible for parole in January but the NSW State Parole Authority refused his release during a closed-door hearing last November.
His crimes included luring a 16-year-old girl to Gosling Park in Greenacre to be raped by multiple men, and leading the sexual assault of an 18-year-old girl on a train in Sydney’s west.
In a letter to parole authorities, the unrepentant sex offender asked: “How’s that fair? Where’s the fairness? Where’s the justice?” He added: “Why should I remain in prison and not be granted parole because (the commissioner) refuses to progress me ‘due to my high notoriety’?” The Corrective Services report, dated October 2017, described Skaf’s behaviour as “manipulative” and “concerning”.
“ (Skaf) has demonstrated no change in his attitude toward his offences since the beginning of his sentence. It appears that he still blames the victims for his offending, has no victim empathy and refuses to take responsibility for his actions,” the report said.
It suggested Skaf blamed his social awkwardness, young age and “cultural upbringing’’ for not knowing his behaviour with women was wrong.
But he has decided to “accept imprisonment’’ because his Islamic faith forbids sex before marriage, it said.
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Skaf has also described his legal representatives as “stupid c … s” for not handling his case properly, according to the report.
He wants to appeal against the decision denying his release and provided his handwritten notes to the parole authority in December.
But another gang member, Bell Hajeid, was released in 2016 after serving 14 years.
Upon his release, he refused to apologise to his victims.
On the eve of Sydney’s historic 2000 Olympic Games, a gang of 14 terrorised young girls in the city’s west, sexually, physically and mentally abusing their innocent victims.
This is the five-part special investigation that examined the evil crimes that shook our city.
CHAPTER ONE: 15 YEARS ON BILAL SKAF STILL UNREPENTANT
CHAPTER TWO: ‘THEY SAT IN COURT LAUGHING AND JOKING’ — CUNNEEN
CHAPTER THREE: GANG RAPES HAD ‘MILITARY PRECISION’ — FINANNE
CHAPTER FOUR: ‘I FEARED GANG RAPES WOULD BECOME A TREND’ — CARR
TIMELINE: HOW THE MONTH-LONG RAMPAGE UNFOLDED