<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Warning: This story contains content that some readers may find disturbing.</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A barber shop employee will fight charges he sexually assaulted a teenage girl alongside three friends during an alleged hours-long gang rape.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Adam Abdul-Hamid is one of four youths accused of being involved in the six-hour-long sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl in south-west </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="_blank" title="Sydney"><span>Sydney</span></a><span> on December 15, 2024.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="_blank" title="Police"><span>Police</span></a><span> allege the 19-year-old failed to intervene as the only adult present and instead sent himself a text message from the complainant's phone.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-live-updates-accused-gunman-awakes-from-coma-patients-still-in-hospital/f169640a-35c4-4614-a0e6-aa9bf1b3b676" target="_blank"><strong><span>Investigators working with Philippines over accused Bondi shooters' trip</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Do you want to have a turn?" Abdul-Hamid was asked, according to a police document.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"No, I'm alright," he allegedly replied.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/adam-abdul-hamid-sydney-court/8d3ac570-4c2d-46b1-a1dd-7aaa18fca1cd" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was charged with five counts of aggravated sexual assault in company, two of which involved the use of a hairbrush.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Abdul-Hamid kept a blank expression as he pleaded not guilty to two of the charges against him in Campbelltown Local Court today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Not guilty, Your Honour," he told magistrate Peter Thompson, paving the way for a trial in late 2026 or early 2027.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/accc-takes-meal-delivery-services-to-court-over-alleged-subscription-traps/6f48f793-11cf-41e9-b62f-898c21f592e5" target="_blank"><strong><span>Popular meal delivery services HelloFresh and YouFoodz accused of catching customers in 'subscription traps'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The remaining three charges were subsequently withdrawn by the prosecution.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 19-year-old will face the NSW District Court in February to be arraigned before a trial date can be set.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He refused to consent to a long-term apprehended violence order which would require him not to attempt locating the teenage complainant.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An interim order will remain in place until the matter returns to court next year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police allege the girl was initially approached by a 16-year-old boy she didn't know at a shopping centre in Liverpool on a Sunday evening.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/tom-silvagni-sentencing-update-son-of-afl-great-sentenced-to-six-years-and-three-months-behind-bars-after-being-found-guilty-of-rape/f683e26f-105d-4680-bb79-d29ddabcf62a" target="_blank"><strong><span>Tom Silvagni jailed for six years and two months after rape conviction</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The boy allegedly asked to be driven to a park at a nearby suburb and the victim agreed on the understanding he would get out of the car.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At the park, two other males got into the car and allegedly also sexually assaulted her.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A fourth male arrived in another car and the assaults continued as the girl was driven around for six hours, police allege.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 16-year-old alleged instigator of the gang rape has been charged with 19 sexual assault offences and five sexual touching offences.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He remains before the courts.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>Support is available from the</span></strong></em><span> </span><em><strong><span>National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service</span></strong></em><span> </span><em><strong><span>at</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://www.1800respect.org.au/" title="https://www.1800respect.org.au/"><em><strong><span>1800RESPECT (1800 737 732)</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>.</span></strong></em></div></div>