A teen who raped and sexually violated multiple teenage girls wants his name permanently kept secret partly over fears of “vigilante justice”, a new court document reveals.
The man’s Court of Appeal application requesting leave to appeal the decision not to grant him permanent name suppression alleges a judge failed to place sufficient weight on “vigilante attacks” against him and was wrong in finding he would not likely suffer extreme hardship as a result.
“Being subjected to violence cannot be said to be an ordinary consequence of publication.