"Three young men who lured victims they found on Grindr and then assaulted them for "Catch a Predator"-style videos they posted to social media received light sentences from judges in New Zealand, despite finding that they were all guilty of committing hate crimes. Thomas Bull, Patrick Moloney and Ethan Jeffs, who were 18 or 19 years old at the time of the assaults, were sentenced to between just 8.5 and 10.5 months home detention for the assault spree."
"A similar pattern was followed in multiple assaults, with the young men creating fake profiles on Grindr, exchanging messages with their intended victims, and luring them to private homes, parks, and streets, often late at night. A total of 13 separate assaults occurred between August and September 2024. When the victims arrived at their destination, they were ambushed by the three, with attacks that included "punches, kicks, stomps and slaps." At least one victim was made to strip naked."
Three young men lured men they found on Grindr into isolated locations and assaulted them while filming the attacks for social media. They carried out 13 separate assaults between August and September 2024. The attackers created fake Grindr profiles, exchanged messages with intended victims, and ambushed them with punches, kicks, stomps and slaps; at least one victim was forced to strip naked. The assaults were edited into videos with music and titles and uploaded online. Victims suffered bleeding, bruises, grazes and cuts. The three were convicted of assault, injuring with intent to injure, and posting a harmful digital communication, and were found to have committed hate crimes.
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