An Australian man, Adam Kabbout, 28, has lost his appeal against his convictions for a "predatory" gang rape carried out at a woman's home in Belmore, western Sydney, in April 2022. Kabbout had matched with the 22-year-old woman on Tinder eight months earlier and, having arranged to meet her alone, brought three friends whom he let into her flat while she was showering, before directing them to sexually assault her. The dismissal of his appeal upholds the original verdict and reaffirms the seriousness with which the courts have treated the case.

The woman emerged from the bathroom to find three strangers in her living room and, despite repeatedly saying "No, I don't want to", was ordered by Kabbout into her bedroom, where he told her to perform oral sex on the men. She did so while crying and protesting, before one of the co-accused raped her twice. Kabbout watched and urged the others to take turns as she begged them to stop. A key five-second video reportedly captured her attempts to refuse, and police arrested Kabbout and the three others two months after the attack.