Well, you see, she wasn’t wearing a headscarf. From the Sydney Morning Herald, with thanks to Dan:
THE eldest of four Pakistani gang rapist brothers has admitted lying at trial and apologised to his victims but said he thought he had a right to rape the “promiscuous” teenage girls….
During a long apology to TW, who was in court, he stopped mid-sentence to reprimand her.
“I wish to say this to [TW], that at the time when I commit these offences I come from such a background which led me to – don’t shake your head, I’m telling you something – I say now that I hurt you and I’m extremely, extremely apologetic to you and I’m, I wish to say one thing more.
“I’m serving 22 years “¦ I’m just requesting to you that you one day may come that you realise that the person who assaulted me is in prison “¦ and I should forgive him. I’m asking for your forgiveness.” He said it was only now, since he had gained a “better understanding of Australian culture”, that he knew the rapes were wrong.
He arrived in Sydney for the ninth and final time four days before committing several rapes over six months. He had planned to study medicine.
He agreed he knew the girls did not want to have sex. “[TW] said no but I go ahead with it because I believe that at the time I commit these offences, I believe that she was promiscuous “¦” he said. “She don’t know us, I don’t know her, like she was not related to us and she was not wearing any purdah “¦ like she was not “¦ covered her face, she was not wearing any headscarf and she started drinking with us and she was singing.
“First off, I was actually, I was not taking my medication so I was under the influence of voices and secondly I believe at the time when I commit these offences that she had no right to say no.”
Mr McKay said the voices excuse was a last-ditch strategy to avoid justice. “You wanted to hurt and terrorise these girls and you did that. You used acts of sexual intercourse on them.”