The leader of a cult that was once based in the Adelaide Hills has won an appeal and will face a second trial over allegations he sexually abused a teenage member of the group.He has won an appeal for a retrialwith a non-parole period of eight years for abusing the girl over a two-and-a-half-year period while the cult resided at a mansion at Aldgate.
After the sentence was handed down, the victim — who cannot be identified for legal reasons — told the ABC she felt "justice has been served". During the trial, the court heard Salerno operated the cult from a historic mansion at Aldgate in the Adelaide Hills, before the group relocated to Queensland and later to Western Australia.The mansion was the childhood home of former foreign affairs minister Alexander Downer.
If he is found guilty again, he should have his original sentence doubled.
Why not give it a go for retrial? Look how it worked out for George Pell ffs