Lachlan Young rape trial: Teen girl confronted alleged rapist, court hears | Nine.com.au

A teenager confronted her alleged rapist about whether he had confessed to his girlfriend about cheating with an underage girl, a jury has been told. The series of messages was detailed at the start of Lachlan Young’s trial in the Victorian County Court on Thursday after he pleaded not guilty to raping the 16-year-old girl. Lachlan Young is accused of raping a 16-year-old girl. He has pleaded not guilty. Anita Lester Young, 24, met the teen at a small house party in the Ballarat suburb of Sebastopol on February 4, 2024, prosecutor Andrew Buckland told the jury. The pair chatted, exchanged Snapchat details, and as the other partygoers went to bed, the local man asked the teen if she “wanted to do things”, the jury was told. The girl said no because she was tired, and she went to bed, but they continued to send Snapchat messages to each other, Buckland said. The girl told Young she was only 16, and he allegedly still asked to have sex with her, saying, “Just five minutes, and I’ll make it worth it”. The teen agreed to meet Young in the backyard, and she consented to some sexual touching. But when Young said “wanna
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