Paedophile ‘swingers’ group drugged raped six-year-old with mother and stepfather sentence slashed

Paedophile, 60, in ‘swingers’ group who drugged and raped a six-year-old girl while her mother and stepfather joined in has his sentence SLASHED on appeal

  • A paedophile who raped a six-year-old girl  has had his sentence cut
  • Tracey Coulter, 57, was sentenced to 21 years in prison over the crime in 2012
  • The paedophile joined his victim’s parents in raping their drugged daughter 
  • His sentence has been slashed by the Court of Appeal to 17 years 

A member of a ‘swingers’ group who sexually abused a drugged six-year-old girl has had his lengthy prison sentence slashed after an appeal.

The victim was abused by her mother, stepfather and other men, including 57-year-old Tracey Coulter, who pleaded guilty to 18 offences committed between November 2012 and December 2014.

Coulter was sentenced in the West Australian District Court to 21 years in prison – one of the highest jail terms given to a pedophile in the state – but on Wednesday, the WA Court of Appeal cut his term to 17 years.

He remains eligible to be considered for release on parole in January 2033 and will be deported back to New Zealand.

Police seize items from a home as part of the investigation by detectives from Taskforce Mirzam 

The Court of Appeal disagreed with the sentencing judge, who described the offending as within the ‘worst category’.

‘While the offence does not fall within the ‘worst category’, it is nevertheless a very serious example of its type, bearing in mind the aggravating circumstances,’ the appeal judges said.

During some of the abuse, the girl was made to watch pornographic films involving children and was given a pipe to smoke containing a stupefying substance.

Detectives attached to Taskforce Mirzam leave a Perth property with a brown paper bag full of evidence from the investigation

Detectives attached to Taskforce Mirzam leave a Perth property with a brown paper bag full of evidence from the investigation 

The girl said in her victim impact statement that she sometimes felt guilty.

The girl’s mother and stepfather, who cannot be named, have also pleaded guilty and will face a sentencing hearing next week.

Police launched Taskforce Mirzam after a member of the public discovered a device containing videos of the girl, then aged eight, being sexually abused.

Detectives from Taskforce Mirzam arrest a woman over the rape of a six year old girl in Perth

Detectives from Taskforce Mirzam arrest a woman over the rape of a six year old girl in Perth 

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