CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian police on Thursday ruled out a widespread operation to stamp out child sexual assault in Aboriginal townships despite the gang rape of a 10-year-old girl in a remote community that shocked the nation.
A prosecutor who described the rape as "naughty" and "a form of childish experimentation" involving a willing participant has been stood down over his failure to demand jail terms for nine who pleaded guilty to the crime.
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