US sailors on rape charge

PERTH - Three US sailors were remanded in custody in a Perth court yesterday after being charged with raping a 15-year-old Australian…

PERTH - Three US sailors were remanded in custody in a Perth court yesterday after being charged with raping a 15-year-old Australian girl in a hotel room two days before their warship was due to leave port.

The sailors, from the aircraft carrier USS Constellation, were arrested and charged on Tuesday with 15 sexual offences against the girl in a Perth hotel on Monday.

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