Rapists
The Khan brothers were referred to in court reports by their initials only: MSK, MAK, MRK and MMK, as two of the brothers were juveniles at the time of the crimes. The fifth rapist, Ram Shrestha, was a Nepalese immigrant and friend of the "K" brothers.
The four K brothers are the children of a Sydney general practitioner, Dr Hasan K, of Pakistani origin. They had grown up in Pakistan and had been brought to Sydney in 2000 by their doting father, who provided them with a house in Ashfield. He unsuccessfully attempted in court to provide an alibi for his sons, and was facing perjury charges at the time of his death in November 2006.
At the time of the trial three of the K brothers were already serving a prison sentence for a previous rape. Defendant MSK divulged this information, which had been kept from the jury to prevent them from being biased against the defendants, in open court in a supposed attempt to have the trial aborted.
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