The trial of three men accused of raping an unconscious teenager with a glass bottle at an Australia Day party is set to continue in Brisbane.
Bailey Hayes-Gordon, Jacob Watson and Nicholas Jackson, all currently aged 21, have pleaded not guilty to one count each of rape in relation to the alleged assault of a 19-year-old in 2015.
On the first day of their Brisbane District Court trial on Monday, jurors heard prosecution allegations the trio jointly raped the man by inserting a bottle into his anus and moving it in and out without his consent.
Video of the alleged assault was played in court and shows the complainant momentarily passed out on a bed, half naked, as others laugh around him.
Crown prosecutor Caroline Marco said this was later shared in Facebook conversations, with Hayes-Gordon accused of posting the video and screenshots and writing: "(The complainant) passed out so we stuck a bottle up his arse and he just took it".
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He then allegedly wrote: "Funniest thing I've ever seen, legit. The whole end of the bottle disappeared".
The prosecution alleges Jackson rolled the teenager over and restrained him by his feet, Watson took video footage on his phone and Hayes-Gordon - as the principal offender - inserted the bottle.
The trial is expected to run for up to five days and is set to continue before Judge Anthony Rafter SC on Tuesday.
