Mohammed Skaf to be under long list of parole conditions when released

Gang rapist Mohammed Skaf will wear an ankle bracelet all day every day, including showering and in bed, and the bracelet can also be tested to see if he has used alcohol or drugs.

Gang rapist Mohammed Skaf will face some of the state‘s toughest parole conditions when he walks free from jail later this year, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.

He will not be able to take a step without being tracked in real time by corrections officers from their top-secret bunker which opened last year and uses world-leading technology to monitor crims who are back on the streets.

Convicted gang rapist Mohammed Skaf in a mug shot, October 2000

He will have to wear a Kevlar-coated ankle bracelet 24/7 including in the shower and in bed and new technology allows for testing through the bracelet to see if he has been using alcohol or drugs in contravention of his parole conditions.

Through GPS trackers and banks of computer screens in the NSW Corrective Services electronic monitoring centre, officers can pick up if one of the 563 parolees and 75 offenders on extended supervision orders curently being monitored gets on a bus or misses a dental appointment.

The State Parole Authority has signalled its intention to release Skaf, 38, on parole once he has successfully finished his Real Understanding of Self Help course which could be as early as next month. No date has yet been set for his release.

Communities and Justice Services NSW have a new high tech centre in Western Sydney where they monitor our most dangerous offenders who are required to wear electronic devices. Picture: Toby Zerna

He is already a minimum security prisoner at Kirkconnell Correctional Centre near Bathurst and is eligible for work and weekend release but those options have been blocked by Covid restrictions.

The judge who jailed him for 32 years for leading, along with his brother Bilal, the shocking gang rapes of 2000, last week warned Skaf could be a continuing threat because he has not expressed remorse for his crimes.

But former District Court Judge Michael Finnane QC said the fact was that Skaf would have to be freed one day. The 32-year sentence was slashed on appeal to a total of 22 years 11 months and 30 days with a non-parole period of 16 years 11 months and 30 days.

“You can be sure that community corrections will be all over Skaf,” victims’ advocate Howard Brown said on Wednesday.

A computer screen shows how an offender can be tracked. Picture: Toby Zerna

“His supervision will be tougher than he is currently experiencing ed in prison. They spend hours being unsupervised in prisons.”

The SPA is expected to give a 14-day period during which Skaf will be released.

When The Daily Telegraph was given an exclusive tour of the new monitoring centre last year, Corrective Services minister Anthony Roberts said it was like each of the offenders having a corrections officer walking next to them 24 hours a day.

Reginald Arthurell (left) is also monitored at the centre. He is seen at right with victim and fiancee Venet Raylee Mulhall.

Michael Guider seen during his release from Long Bay in September 2019. Picture: AAP Image

It is the result of $22 million invested in the new technology.

“If parole is granted, this offender will be under strict parole supervision until his sentence expires on 1 January 2024,” Commissioner Community Corrections Sandra Crawford said.

“Without parole, offenders would be released straight into the community with no supervision or monitoring, which poses a considerable risk to the community.”