Sydney lawyer Maurice Hawell on Newcastle Airbnb gang rape charges accused of assaulting second daughter
EXCLUSIVE: Clear lawyer charged with raping 19-year-old girl in alleged pack rape with mate while another watched over weekend bucks is accused of assaulting ANOTHER woman on her previous night
- A teenage girl told police she was allegedly gang-raped in an Airbnb apartment
- Three men at the weekend in Newcastle have been charged with sexual assault
- One of the alleged gang rapists is a clean barrister at a Sydney CBD law firm
- He has now been charged with also assaulting a second girl the night before
The clear lawyer who allegedly raped a teenage girl on a silver weekend has also been charged with assaulting a second girl the night before.
Maurice Hawell, 28, was arrested earlier this month after a three-month investigation into alleged attacks on the warehouse-style unit in Newcastle West, NSW.
The Western Sydney solicitor is a former private Catholic schoolboy at the private Patrician Brethren College in Fairfield and works in a business in the Sydney CBD.
Police allege he and groom-to-be Andrew David, 28, sexually assaulted a 19-year-old girl around 11pm on February 26 after she was allegedly lured to Airbnb.
But Daily Mail Australia can now reveal Maurice Hawell is also facing a charge of sexually touching a second different girl between 10pm and midnight on February 25.
Maurice Hawell, 28, was arrested earlier this month after a three-month investigation into the alleged attack on the warehouse-style unit in Newcastle West, NSW (pictured)
Clean-line lawyer Maurice Hawell, who allegedly gang-raped a teenage girl on a cash weekend, was also charged with assaulting a second girl the night before.
The gang rape allegedly took place at the converted $555-a-night three-bedroom industrial-style apartment on Parry Street, close to the city’s party zone.
The alleged attacks happened just days after Civil Engineer David’s 28th birthday on February 22.
A third man, 20-year-old Marius Hawell, was also believed to have been involved in the attack and was arrested in a dawn raid on his Edensor Park home on Wednesday.
David was simultaneously arrested at his parents’ lavish five-bedroom, $3million mansion, set in two acres of land on the semi-rural outskirts of Horsely Park.
Her June 18 wedding arrangements have now been “changed” due to issues between the guest list and possible witnesses, Fairfield Local Court heard on Wednesday.
The groom and his bride-to-be no longer have plans for a honeymoon, the court heard.
Police allege the rape was carried out in one of the unit’s bedrooms by the two older men between 10.35pm and 10.50pm while the younger man watched
The apartment listing says it can accommodate up to six people and boasts of its two king-size beds and one queen-size bed.
Photographs of the unit’s interior reveal a plush leather living room and giant TV, with an open kitchen and high-end walk-in shower and wet room.
The apartment listing says it can accommodate up to six people and boasts of its two king-size beds and one queen-size bed.
One reviewer praised its “good location and nice space for large groups” while another commented on its “great bed.”
Maurice Hawell also left a rating and review for the unit following the weekend, although the review is now empty, but he was thanked for it by the rental agent.
The two 28-year-old men were charged with two counts each of aggravated sexual assault on February 26 in the company of others.
Maurice Hawell faces the additional charge of sexually touching another girl without consent on February 25.
The attack is believed to have taken place at the converted $555-a-night three-bedroom industrial-style apartment on Parry Street, close to the city’s party zone.
Maurice Hawell also left a rating and review for the unit following the weekend, although the review is now empty, but he was thanked for it by the rental agent.
Marius Hawell was charged with one count of aggravated sexual assault in February in the company of others, namely that of director in the second degree.
All three defendants were released on bail to return to court on July 4, with police investigations continuing.
Maurice Hawell was not available at his office on Thursday. Colleagues said he was on personal leave and was “taking some time off”.
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