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Rex Martinich

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Accused driver for gang rape wins appeal | History Defined

One of four men previously found guilty over the rape of a girl in a cane field has been acquitted. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The Queensland Court of Appeal has acquitted one of four men previously found guilty over the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in a cane field north of Cairns.

Jeffrey Tibau Banu, now aged 42, was one of four cousins charged after a girl was raped multiple times while in the boot of a car that had been driven to a sugar cane field at Machans Beach.

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