WA: Brothers jailed for sex offences against young girls

AAP General News (Australia)
02-14-2008
WA: Brothers jailed for sex offences against young girls

By Nicolas Perpitch

PERTH, Feb 14 AAP - Two brothers have been jailed for multiple sexual assaults against
young girls in a remote community in Western Australia's Kimberley region.

Matthew Charles Waina, 42, and his brother Bruno Waina, 34, had pleaded guilty to the
charges and were sentenced in the West Australian District Court today.

Matthew Waina was charged with four counts of indecently dealing with a child and seven
counts of sexually penetrating a child.

The Perth Magistrates Court was told in July last year he had lured two girls aged
11 and 14 to his bedroom with the promise of cigarettes, showed them a pornographic DVD
and then had sex with them.

Today he was sentenced to three-and-a-half years prison.

Bruno Waina was sentenced to four-and-a-half years prison for 12 counts of sexually
penetrating a child under 13, five of indecently dealing with a child under 13, and two
counts of showing offensive material to a child.

Both men were made eligible for parole and could be freed after serving half their sentences.

Twelve people from Kalumburu have been charged with child sex offences.

The state government has launched a special police task force to tackle alleged paedophilia
in the Pilbara town of Halls Creek and other northern communities, including Kalumburu.

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