Three men accused of pack rape connected a bucks play astatine an Airbnb flat met their archetypal alleged victims - 2 18-year-old friends - astatine a adjacent pub.
Groom Andrew David and brothers Maurice and Marius Hawell were among a radical of 9 men who rented a three-bedroom spot successful the NSW Hunter Valley 2 years ago.
David and the Hawell brothers arrived astatine the first-floor flat connected Parry Street successful Newcastle West astir 6pm connected Friday, February 25, 2022, with the others turning up later.
The Airbnb was 280m from the Cambridge Hotel, wherever 2 18-year-old pistillate friends met astir 8.50pm aft getting acceptable for a nighttime retired astatine 1 of their houses.
David, past 28, Maurice Hawell, 27, his member Marius, 20, and 2 different members of bucks their radical walked to the Hunter Street pub which they were filmed entering astir 9.20pm.
What allegedly happened implicit the remainder of that nighttime and the pursuing evening was outlined connected Wednesday astatine the Downing Centre District Court wherever David and the Hawells are lasting trial.
All 3 are accused of raping the 2 18-year-olds arsenic good arsenic a 19-year-old pistillate connected the Saturday night. Some of the alleged enactment acts are excessively graphic to report.
Three men accused of pack rape connected a bucks play astatine an AirBnb flat met their archetypal alleged victims - 2 18-year-old friends - astatine a adjacent pub. Maurice Hawell (pictured) has pleaded not blameworthy to 11 charges involving 3 women
Crown authoritative Craig Evans told a assemblage the 2 women, Miss A and Miss B, had interactions with the Hawells and their person Matt Anoih, who Miss A kissed astatine the pub.
Mr Evans said Mr Anoih, who is not accused of having committed immoderate wrongdoing astatine immoderate time, aboriginal asked Miss A backmost to the Parry Street apartment.
'I'm not going unsocial alone, lone if my person [Miss B] tin come,' she allegedly said.
Maurice Hawell aboriginal allegedly said to Miss B: 'Would you similar to travel backmost to our flat - you and your duplicate sister?'
The 2 teenagers, Maurice Hawell and Mr Anoih allegedly near the pub astatine 11.09pm, with Marius Hawell pursuing astatine 11.15pm and David astatine 11.28pm.
Mr Evans said erstwhile wrong the apartment, Maurice Hawell and Miss B went into 1 bedroom, portion Mr Anoih and Miss A went into another.
Mr Anoih and Miss A had consensual enactment and were chatting connected the furniture erstwhile the doorway opened and Maurice Hawell allegedly entered wearing nary clothes.
'Can I articulation you and Matt?' Maurice Hawell allegedly asked.
The tribunal heard erstwhile Miss A denied Hawell's petition helium said, 'I'm a amended basal than Matt' but she repeatedly said, 'No, spell away'.
Groom Andrew David (pictured) and brothers Maurice and Marius Hawell were among a radical of 9 men who rented a three-bedroom spot successful the NSW Hunter Valley 2 years ago. David has pleaded not blameworthy to raping 3 women helium met that weekend
Mr Evans said Maurice Hawell and Miss B had by past already had consensual sex, during which helium had said, 'Can 1 of my friends join?'
After Miss B initially said nary she allegedly asked who Hawell wanted to articulation them and helium replied, 'It's really my duplicate brother'.
Mr Evans said Miss B agreed and different antheral entered the country who the Crown alleges was not Hawell's member but David.
While Maurice Hawell and Miss B continued having sex, David allegedly said, 'It's truly hot, tin I instrumentality my pants off?' and she replied, 'Do immoderate you want'.
Mr Evans said Miss B past performed a enactment enactment connected David and the brace had consensual intercourse aft Maurice Hawell had allegedly bitten her nipple.
Marius Hawell allegedly past entered the country and said to Miss B, 'Hey, however are you feeling?' and she replied, 'All right'. He allegedly sexually touched her.
Miss A met up with Miss B successful the flat room wherever they discussed leaving. They went into a chamber to get their phones and allegedly recovered the airy off.
The Hawell brothers and Andrew David met 2 18-year-old women astatine the Cambridge Hotel successful Newcastle who came backmost to their rented apartment. Maurice Hawell (pictured) insists the lone enactment helium engaged successful was consensual
Mr Evans said Miss A past felt idiosyncratic drawback her , 'hands everywhere' and 'a swarm of people' connected her.
As Miss A was allegedly pushed onto the furniture and immoderate of her covering removed she said, 'Where's Matt" and 'None of youse are Matt'.
Mr Evans said Miss A and Miss B were past subjected to assorted non-consensual intersexual acts by galore men, sometimes astatine the aforesaid time.
At 1 point, erstwhile Miss A allegedly asked 'Is that Matt?' 1 antheral dependable said, 'Yeah, I'm Matt' and different said, 'No, I'm Matt'.
At different point, Mr Evans said Mr Anoih entered the country and Miss A told him, 'I privation your friends to stop'.
Mr Anoih allegedly spoke to the men successful the room, who left, past asked if Miss A was each right. 'I'm fine,' she allegedly replied. 'Where is [Miss B]?'
Miss B allegedly past said successful the darkened room, 'I americium here'.
Miss A and Miss B were incapable to place who had committed each alleged enactment against them but the Hawells and David are accused of engaging successful a associated transgression enterprise.
Sharyn Hall SC, for Andrew David, said immoderate enactment acts engaged successful by her lawsuit were consensual and asked the assemblage to cautiously see the complainants' evidence. David is pictured
Mr Evans said the women returned to the Cambridge with Mr Anoih and Miss A told 1 friend, 'We f***ed. It was truly bully with Matt. But determination was similar an orgy happening. There were truthful galore guys determination it was crazy'.
Miss A allegedly made nary notation of non-consensual enactment that nighttime and Miss B did not study her alleged battle to anyone until aboriginal 2023.
The adjacent nighttime Maurice Hawell allegedly met a 19-year-old woman, Miss C, successful Parry Street and told her, 'My mates are each having pre-drinks upstairs', referring to the apartment.
Miss C agreed to travel upstairs and erstwhile wrong Maurice Hawell allegedly led her to a bedroom.
'What astir pre-drinks?' she allegedly asked. 'We'll get to that,' helium allegedly responded.
Mr Evans said Hawell past pushed Miss C to the furniture and removed immoderate of her clothes. Miss C allegedly saw a bare antheral the Crown says was David lying adjacent to the bed.
Maurice Howell alleged asked, 'Threesome?' and Miss C answered, 'What? No'.
Maurice Hawell (pictured) is charged with 8 counts of aggravated intersexual battle successful institution and 1 number each of aggravated sexually touching different idiosyncratic and attempted aggravated intersexual battle successful company
Mr Evans past elaborate a bid of allegedly non-consensual intersexual acts committed by Maurice Hawell and David upon Miss C including intercourse.
The Crown alleges Marius Hawell entered the country and watched.
When Miss C near the flat she called her flatmate past triple zero.
Maurice Hawell and David were subsequently charged with 8 counts of aggravated intersexual battle successful institution and 1 number each of aggravated sexually touching different idiosyncratic and attempted aggravated intersexual battle successful company.
Marius Hawell was charged with six counts of aggravated intersexual battle successful institution and 1 number each of aggravated sexually touching different idiosyncratic and attempted aggravated intersexual battle successful company.
All person pleaded not blameworthy to each charge.
Richard Pontello SC, for Maurice Hawell, told the assemblage his lawsuit denied immoderate of the acts took spot and said each others were consensual.
'There was nary intersexual touching without anybody's consent,' helium said.
'There was nary intersexual intercourse without anybody's consent. There was ne'er immoderate effort by anybody to bash either of those things.'
Scott Corish, for Marius Hawell, said his lawsuit did not prosecute successful immoderate enactment oregon a associated transgression enterprise.
Sharyn Hall SC, for David, said immoderate enactment acts engaged successful by her lawsuit were consensual and asked the assemblage to cautiously see the complainants' evidence.
The proceedings earlier Judge Gina O'Rourke continues.