An Australian woman raped twice in Bali is seeking justice for her attacker who remains at large.
Warning: This post deals with sexual assault and may be upsetting for some readers.
For 19-year old Audrey Pekin Christmas will never be the same. It will serve as a reminder of the devastating rape she endured last year while on holiday in Bali.
It was Christmas Eve and a young Australian woman was holidaying in Bali with her mother and sister. She decided to meet up with a group of friends at the Bounty Bar in Kuta. Her mother stayed behind to look after her sick younger sister.
Audrey, a bright, vivacious well spoken woman met up with a man she had chatted to while shopping several days earlier. The night was full of energy, the place buzzing.
He said his name was Henry and that he was on holiday in Bali from South Africa. It turned out he was actually a Nigerian national who was there with friends on visa violations, and that he was about to turn her life upside down.
Audrey had a few drinks with Henry then, being Christmas Eve decided to accompany him to a party he said was on at a villa.
She told A Current Affair she felt safe, that he was a gentleman and that she, being gay, had no interest in him. She says he did not express any interest in her, in fact she says he wondered whether he was gay himself.
A Current Affair showed CCTV which showed the young woman stopping off at her hotel to ring her mother to let her know she was safe and headed off with friends after her mobile phone had died. Her mother then satisfied her daughter was okay.
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Yet the nation seems to mourn two convicted drug smugglers there are candle lit vigils and demands the Australian government must do more! But a real victim like Audrey and our hands are tied...
I hate that this girl had to endure this horrific ordeal, and that justice doesn't look like it will ever be served, but I don't know what she expects the Australian government to do? It didn't happen in Australia. It happened in a foreign country and it's their laws. Simple as that.
That's exactly what I thought. I had to do a double take there!
Poor girl, but you're in another country, with different laws and ways of doing things. Blame them!
it is awful but I agree, I don't know what they expect our government to do in regards to another country, I don't agree with how Bali handled it, it is not ok and she deserves justice and he deserves to go to prison but I feel Australia's hands are bound with this....