A group of seven men chatted around while, one of their friend, sexually molested a woman. The incident occurred at Wellington.
Police called for witnesses to the attack, which inflicted horrific injuries on the victim, but Detective Senior Sergeant Scott Miller stated that there had been little or no response to that call.
Police were disappointed by the response so far and again called for witnesses to do the right thing.
The 20-year-old woman was walking down Courtenay Place past a group of Polynesian men about 5am on Sunday when one of the members of the group spoke to her.
Later, he chased her till a car park and molested her. While the victim was being raped the offender spoke to his friends, who had followed him into the car park.
Although the men had not participated in the attack but by protecting the rapist they were prolonging the victim’s trauma and recovery.
