Margaret Cunneen SC was one of Australia’s top Crown Prosecutors, renowned for securing convictions against some of the country’s most notorious criminals, including the Butcher of Bega and Robert “Dolly” Dunn.

She also led the prosecution of the Skaf gang rapes in 2000, where brothers Bilal and Mohammed Skaf orchestrated a series of brutal, ethnically motivated sex crimes. One of the most harrowing incidents involved 14 men and boys sexually assaulting a single woman.

Today, only one of the key perpetrators remains behind bars.

Margaret’s remarkable career, including her work on this case, is chronicled in The Boxing Butterfly, which you can find here.

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Guest: Margaret Cunneen SC

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