Editing Sydney gang rapes (section)

==Racial controversy==
The conservative commentator [[Miranda Devine]] said the crimes were racially motivated [[hate crime]]s.<ref name="Ethnicity linked to brutal gang rapes" /> She also asserted that much of the media had attempted to "[[political correctness|airbrush]]" the racial element out of reporting on the crime spree; she quoted a victim that all mention of the overtly racist statements made by the perpetrators had been "censored" from their official statements by prosecutors to avoid complicating attempts to negotiate guilty pleas with the accused. <ref name="Racist rapes: Finally the truth comes out">{{cite news | author-link = Miranda Devine|first = Miranda|last = Devine | title = Racist rapes: Finally the truth comes out | newspaper =The Sydney Morning Herald|date= 13 July 2002 | url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/13/1026185124700.html| access-date = 30 July 2006 }}</ref>{{primary inline|date=February 2025}}

''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' reported that the rapists had stated to a victim during the attack, "You deserve it because you're an Australian" and "I'm going to fuck you Leb-style".