Two gay sex assaults in NSW
There have been two alleged male sexual assaults in NSW during the last month.
On May 14 an 18-year-old man left a party in Katoomba with a 22-year-old male, for a lift to Sydney.
It is alleged the 22-year-old pulled into a park and allegedy forced the 18-year-old to perform a sexual act on him and sexually assaulted him, before stealing the victim’s wallet and mobile phone.
The victim fled the man’s car in Linden and sought help from a council worker.
The following day police arrested Timothy Scott Alderson in Blackheath.
On May 20, Alderson was refused bail at Lithgow Local Court, charged with 16 offences including sexual intercourse without consent, assault with an act of indecency and detaining a person with the intent to obtain advantage.
On June 1, detectives from Manning-Great Lakes local area command arrested a 42-year-old man in Taree and seized several items for forensic testing.
The man was taken to Taree police station and later charged with two counts of sexual assault and two of indecent assault. He was refused bail at Taree Local Court the next day.
ACON CEO Nicolas Parkhill said the Anti-Violence Project had received three reports of male-on-male sexual assaults over the past two years.
“Research indicates that most victims of male-to-male sexual assault don’t report the crime due to issues relating to stigma, misunderstanding, and lack of support for male victims,” he said.
ACON encourages anyone who may be apprehensive about reporting a same-sex sexual assault to contact the Anti-Violence Project who can support them in dealing with police.
info: NSW Rape Crisis Centre: 1800 424 017; Australian Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Line: 1800 200 526; Gay and Lesbian Counselling Service NSW: 8594 9596 or 1800 184 527 outside Sydney; ACON/AVP: 1800 063 060 or visit www.acon.org.au
Note: Accompanying picture is for illustrative purposes only.
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Just last night there was a man being homophobic to me and my friends. We walked faster but the man followed us, yelling at us and saying he was going to kill us.
Suddenly a police officer pulled up behind us and asked if we knew the man, we said we did not and that he was being homophobic. The officer and his partner (whom had a police dog) arrested the man straight away. There was no questions asked. To be honest, it was the first time I ever really felt liberated.
I do think that you will find some fuckwit police officers, but what are you going to do? You might find some racist cops or some that do not like women. They all have to try to bring these people to justice, there are policies and laws that officers also have to follow.
Chillisauce,
I didn’t “landed” a job…after my best friend and business partner was murdered in 1994 by a psychopath “repressed homosexual” who couldn’t handle his homosexuality I joined a victims support group.I found this government funded group to be homophobic so, I joined another group, sadly homophobia reared its ugly head again…so I decided to start my own…after many tears, much personal finance and effort I am able to get out and help people who have problems dealing with the police, the media, the legal system…that’s where I come from
peter rolfe, Yes we DO expect them to work faster. Watch the documentary “Holding Hands” – Craig Gee’s partner said to the attending police officer “the ones who did this ran that way” pointed in the direction they went and gave them a description of the clothes they were wearing – presumably with blood stains on them. The police officer decided that calming down the partner was more important than chasing offenders. Well those offenders are still out there. Never brought to justice. Crucial time was lost on the incompetence of those attending police officers. Those offenders are still out there – let’s hope they don’t attack you next time and you get the same shoddy treatment that Craig and Shane did. Shame on those police officers! SHAME!!
I have tried to get jobs in community service organisations, both paid and unpaid.
All of those community service organisations deal with individuals and groups that could be described as disadvantaged in the context of their ability to access government support or to seek redress from decisions of public service staffs who base their decisions on their own interpretation of departmental policies and guidelines.
After answering all the selection criteria and providing evidence of my educational achievements I have never even got to the interview stage.
Peter landed a job.
I will leave it to readers to assess Peter’s analytical ability based on his interpretation of my comments.
The selection process is designed to filter out people they don’t want and discover the sort of people they do want in those positions.
Come on this is 2010…the police investigate all crimes reported to them, gay or straight…the case above with the 18 year old..the alleged perpetrator was arrested the next day and charged with 16 offences…do you expect them to work any faster??? I work closely with the police through a victims’ support group and know that they don’t, repeat don’t discriminate.
their success rate for chasing straight offenders of homophobic crime when that said offender is just a block away is even more shocking. See the doco “Holding Hands” about the homophobic assault on Craig Gee and his partner for more information on how inept the police are in dealing with homophobic crime. Can’t believe that one of us was in charge of them at the time! (police minister David “I’m sorry” Campbell).
The NSW Police are experts at apprehending gay offenders.
Their ability to apprehend gay offenders in a short period of time after the offence is remarkable.
Their success rate at apprehending straight offenders who commit assault and battery against gays appears to be quite low.