
EXCLUSIVE This man looks like any other anonymous Aussie bloke in a puffer jacket... behind the smirk is one of the most despicable monsters Australia has EVER seen
Gang rapist Mohammed Skaf's bare face has been seen in public for the first time in the 25 years since his unthinkable crimes shocked Australia.
Skaf, 41 - with his brother Bilal - masterminded appalling pack rapes in the weeks before the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, landing him in prison for 21 years.
Mohammed committed perhaps one of the sick rampage's most vile acts, luring a 16-year-old school friend to be raped by his brother in south-west Sydney - after asking permission from her mother to take her on a late night drive.
Ever since his release over three years ago, a much more heavier-set Skaf has shielded his anonymity, wearing a medical face mask when he steps out in public.
But it would be inappropriate to wear a mask while representing yourself in court - and this week the notorious ex-con showed his face in front of a magistrate.
Skaf was the subject of an apprehended violence order application lodged two months ago on behalf of his 28-year-old sister - and housemate - Noora El Skaf, amid a family feud.
He appeared in a black puffer jacket and cargo pants at Bankstown court on Wednesday afternoon where he expressed frustration at the restraining order.
Asked by Magistrate Glenn Walsh where Ms El Skaf was, he replied 'she's back at home' - and was told that the orders of the AVO couldn't be varied in her absence.
A clearly tense Skaf said his sister would not withdraw the AVO, until there was a date to come back to court.
He was told in the order would continue in the interim, meaning he is on notice not to assault, threaten, harass or intimidate his sister, among other conditions.
The order is complicated by the fact Skaf and his sister live together at their parents' Greenacre house in western Sydney, although Mohammed is believed to dwell in a kind of granny flat at the back of the property.
The siblings, and their parents Baria and Mustapha, also share the family home with their younger brother, Hadi.
Noora also has an interim domestic AVO against Hadi and the application will be heard at an hour-long hearing in October.
After serving time several different maximum security prisons, Mohammed Skaf was finally released in 2021 after repeatedly being denied parole due to his lack of remorse or responsibility for his crimes.
His older brother, Bilal, who led the depraved assaults will not be eligible for parole until at least 2033.
Mohammed Skaf had until now hidden behind a series of masks to shield his identity during the four years since his release from prison after he perpetrated a series of vile pack rapes across south-west Sydney
During a month-long spree of violence in the lead-up to the Games, the Skaf brothers and a group of roughly 12 accomplices trapped and attacked at least six women.
The 14 men raped one victim 25 times in three different locations in a six-hour ordeal which ended with her being dumped at a train station after being hosed down.
She was called an 'Aussie pig', told by Mohammed Skaf 'I'm going to f*** you Leb style' and asked if 'Leb c*** tasted better than Aussie c***'.
But Mohammed's singular treachery was to betray his schoolfriend and her mother's trust in him.
Both Mohammed and the victim went and saw her mother and got her consent as the trip was going to be on a Saturday night. The girl was just 16.
Instead of taking her to the Harbour Bridge, Mohammed drove her to Gosling Park, a four minute drive from the Skaf residence in Greenacre.
When he and two other males pressured her to have sex and she refused, Mohammed summoned his brother Bilal, who turned up in a van with 10 other men.
Bilal grabbed her by the hair and the large group of men dragged her to the middle of the park and pulled off her clothes.
Bilal and another man both raped her, but before she could be further assaulted, she broke free, ran across the park, only to be pursued by the men in their van.
'These men treated her much like wild animals treat prey they have just killed,' New South Wales District Court judge Michael Finnane said during sentencing.
Judge Finnane described the rapes as 'worse than death'.
Only nine of the rape pack were prosecuted and punished. All are free from prison today except ringleader Bilal.
On release, Mohammed Skaf expressed hopes of building a new life after jail - with dreams of marriage, children, and a career in architecture.
Instead, he has landed himself in further legal troubles, including multiple AVO applications – one of them filed for his own protection.

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