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Duncan Murray

Jury hears 'state of mind' in alleged bucks party rape

Closing submissions are under way in the trial of three men accused of gang-raping young women. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Several men who allegedly engaged in group sex with teenage women during a bucks party weekend either knew they did not consent or were reckless to that fact, a jury has been told.

Maurice Hawell, 30, Marius Hawell, 22, and Andrew David, 30, are accused of committing sexual crimes against three teenagers at a rented Newcastle apartment in February 2022.

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