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Rapper Yung Filly to return to Britain before Australian rape trial next year
Judge Linda Black said bail conditions can manage the flight risk as Yung Filly awaits a retrial on unresolved rape charges.
- On Thursday, Judge Linda Black allowed British rapper Yung Filly, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, to return to Britain before his retrial on rape allegations in Western Australia.
- Barrientos was convicted last month by a Western Australia District Court jury of assaulting a woman in 2024, but jurors could not reach a verdict on three additional rape charges prosecutors announced last week they would retry.
- Under revised bail conditions, Barrientos must surrender his passport within 24 hours of returning to Britain and cannot contact the alleged victim or key witnesses or publicly comment on the case.
- Judge Black stated, "After careful consideration the accused is allowed to return to UK until he is needed at trial." The matter was adjourned until September 25 for a trial date listing, though Barrientos need not attend.
- While the retrial is expected in 2027, sentencing on his two assault convictions will occur only after the second jury reaches verdicts on the outstanding rape charges, each carrying a potential maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.
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