‘Girls like you’

Introduction As a columnist with the Sydney Morning Herald , Paul Sheehan emerged as a particularly prominent commentator on the ‘Sydney gang rapes’. This is largely due to his detailed coverage of the fi nal set of trials involving the ‘K brothers’. Sheehan personally attended many of the court hearings and – alongside many editorial pieces – published a book, which provides an in-depth account of what transpired both in the lead up to and during the trials. Published in July 2006, shortly after the fi nal sentences were handed down in the ‘K brothers’ trials, Girls Like You presents a part factual account, part polemic. Sheehan provides a detailed exploration of the rapists’ background, the rapes and the subsequent trials using offi cial court transcripts, interviews with the rape victims, their families and legal representatives as well as his own observations.