The 'Roast Buster Facebook rape gang' who boasted online about vile actions (but who won't be charged because none of the girls will testify)

One boy is son of 'high-profile' entertainer while other is son of a policeman



Police spark anger among campaigners for keeping page live since 2011

The boys, 17 and 18, have used the page to recruit others to join campaign

One boasts on video: ' This is hard, it's a job, we don't do this for pleasure'

Another adds: 'We don't choose a roast, the roast chooses us [...] They know what we're like; they know what they're in for.'

Two teenage boys who called themselve s 'The Roast Busters' as they embarked o n a campaign of luring underage girls into drunken group sex before boasting about their 'exploits' on Facebook will not be charged.

Auckland police revealed that the unidentified boys, aged 17 and 18, will not be prosecuted because no apparent victims - some as young as 13 - have yet been 'brave' enough to testify.

The decision has sparked fury among anti-rape campaigners after it was revealed detectives had monitored the specially-created 'Roast Busters' Facebook page, on which the suspects named their victims, since 2011 but only took it down yesterday.

And today detectives confirmed that one of the boys is the son of a high-profile entertainer with 'an international profile' while the other is the son of a police officer.

Natalie Gousmett from the Wellington Rape Crisis Centre said that the Roastbusters case, featuring a group of Auckland youths (pictured) had already put attitudes to rape in the spotlight

'This is gang rape, full stop,' said NZ Labour's women's affairs spokeswoman, Carol Beaumont. 'The fact that police have known for two years that these revolting individuals have been posting their 'exploits' on Facebook, and have identified victims as young as 13, but took no action, is astonishing.'

The boys used the social networking account to post text and videos to recruit others to join their sex campaign.

'A true roast is where you know you are going there intentionally to roast this female,' says one in a video.



'We don't choose a roast, the roast chooses us. We have girls hitting us up to "hang out with us". They know what we're like; they know what they're in for.'



A young man goes on: 'We take what we do seriously - some of you think this is a joke, it's not.



'You try and get with the amount of girls we do. This is hard, it's a job, we don't do this s*** for pleasure.'

Speaking to New Zealand's 3 News on the condition of anonymity, one victim described her ordeal.



'I just kept blacking out 'cause i had drunken too much,' she said. 'You could say I got raped. I had sex with three guys at one time.'

'Grow up!' Their actions sparked anger across Twitter Anger: Others criticised the police for letting the boys get away with their lurid sex campaign

A witness who claimed her sister was raped at one of the boys' parties told Radio Live: 'I could name, like, literally 30 girls from all around Auckland. I went to one of the boys' houses one day whose parents were away on holiday. And they had this room there which they called the layer.

'They would take girls inside the layer. There was blood all over the walls and they would take three different girls in there at a time.'

Rape Prevention Education said the behaviour described on the Facebook page is rape.



'It is not only morally reprehensible, it is criminal and illegal behaviour,' the group said.



The support group said the use of alcohol by offenders is often premeditated and planned.



However, police say they cannot prosecute until one of the girls comes forward.

'This is gang rape, full stop. The fact that police have known for two years that these revolting individuals have been posting their "exploits" on Facebook, and have identified victims as young as 13, but took no action, is astonishing'



- Carol Beaumont, Labour's women's affairs spokeswoman



Detective Inspector Bruce Scott said: 'None of the girls have been brave enough to make formal statements to us so we can take it to a prosecution stage or even consider a prosecution stage.'

He added: 'The page was left open for operational and tactical reasons, and whilst we acknowledge it was upsetting for the victims, it was being monitored for information or evidence that would assist our investigation.'

He said the The Facebook page alone does not provide evidence which would allow the case to be put before a court.



Their actions also provoked anger on Twitter.

One tweeter wrote: '#roastbusters grow up, get checked and have some dignity. Little boys trying to play big games.'

Another added: 'Their stupidity p****s meeh off! Yes, of course you'll be known, BUT for all the wrong reasons! #RoastBusters

'K here I am raging bout them lil fem%en$, forgetting I have two exams too! Grrrr ... #NoSleepTonight.'

A message from someone linked to the group said he made some 'major mistakes' in a message posted on Twitter, adding that he had made 'some dramatic changes' to himself since appearing on the news.



He added: 'I have not been happy with who I have become and if I suffer any consequences from my past actions then I guess I deserve it but I just want people to know I am a good person at heart and I have matured and have taken this as a massive learning experience.'



He went on to say that he hoped no one else would go down a similar path.



'All the girls that have been affected by this whole ridiculousness I apologise and wish the best for you.'

But other Twitter users were quick to call into question the sincerity of the apology.