Notorious Skaf rapist is denied parole after admitting he feels no empathy towards his victim
- Mohammed Skaf was convicted over a series of gang rapes in Sydney in 2000
- Skaf became eligible for parole in January 2018 he was refused in a month later
- He then applied for the decision to be reconsidered but that was also denied
Notorious gang rapist Mohammed Skaf will remain behind bars for the rest of 2019 after his bid for release was denied.
Skaf, who was convicted alongside his brother Bilal over a series of rapes in Sydney in 2000, became eligible for parole in January 2018.
The State Parole Authority refused his release in February that year.
But Skaf applied for it to reconsider the decision under 'manifest injustice' provisions, which allow offenders to seek parole without having to wait 12 months.
In a statement on Friday, a spokeswoman from the parole authority said the 36-year-old's application under the provisions was declined 'given advice from the Serious Offenders Review Council that release to parole was not appropriate.'
Skaf will be eligible for parole consideration in January 2020.
Mohammed Skaf (pictured), who was convicted alongside his brother Bilal over a series of rapes in Sydney in 2000, became eligible for parole in January 2018.
Skaf was 17 when he was sentenced to 32 years behind bars for his part in a series of violent gang rapes which shocked Sydney ahead of the 2000 Olympic Games.
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He was among a group Lebanese-Australian men, including his brother Bilal, who brutally gang-raped six women and girls, one as young as 14, in 2000.
But he maintains his innocence - and says both he and his brother were the victims of an unfortunate case of mistaken identity.
The State Parole Authority refused his release in February that year. But Skaf applied for it to reconsider the decision under 'manifest injustice' provisions, which allow offenders to seek parole without having to wait 12 months
He also confessed he feels no empathy toward his accuser.
The woman in question was just 16 at the time of the assaults.
She considered the younger Skaf brother a friend and had agreed to go to Gosling Park in Greenacre with him.
It was there that she was raped by Bilal Skaf and another man while 12 others watched on and laughed at her.
She managed to escape and told police of her ordeal - including having a gun put to her head.
But Skaf argued he never sexually assaulted her.
'It was a girl that I was seeing,' he said. 'She accused my brother of sexual assault. He wasn't actually there,' he told The Daily Telegraph.
He also denied any involvement in the sexual assault of another woman at a train station.
The woman, known only as Ms C, identified Skaf as the offender and told the court he said 'I'm going to f**k you Leb style' moments prior to the assault.
She was then taken to another location where she was sexually assaulted by 14 men in total and hosed down and called an 'Aussie pig' in a six hour ordeal.
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