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An 18-year-old who says she was sexually violated by five Petone Mongrel Mob members last March gave evidence about the attack in Wellington District Court today.
The men - Terrence Michael Toman, 19, Clifton Rogers, 29, Kereti Tamahanna TeHuna, 25, Thomas Lachlan Karangaroa, 31, and David Edward Martini, 26 - all pleaded not guilty to the 14 counts against them.
Crown prosecutor Jo Murdoch said the offences were all alleged to have occurred on March 7 last year at Petone in the Hutt Valley.
The woman, who has automatic name suppression, cried as she gave her evidence from behind a screen.
She was accompanied by an older woman.
She told the court about being taken to a Petone flat where the five men came in and out of the bedroom she was put in, sexually assaulting her either separately or in pairs.
She said when the accused had finished with her she was taken to her sister's place where she called the police.
"I felt that they had taken a lot from me," she said as she explained she had tried not to think about the attack in the last year.
As she gave details of the alleged two-hour ordeal the accused passed notes, laughed together or looked bored.
Toman has been charged with kidnapping, sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection and rape.
Clifton and TeHuna were charged jointly with sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection, rape and attempted sexual violation, while both were charged individually with unlawful sexual connection.
TeHuna was also charged jointly with Karangaroa of rape and attempted sexual violation, while Karangaroa was charged individually with two counts of unlawful sexual connection.
Martini was charged with rape and unlawful sexual connection.
The charges are being heard before Judge Peter Butler and a jury of nine men and two women. One juror was discharged before the hearing started yesterday.
Six prison officers were in court, extra security was outside for the hearing and the court was closed to the public.
The trial is set down for two weeks.
- NZPA
