Overview
- A jury in Western Australia last month convicted Andres Barrientos, known as Yung Filly, of two assault occasioning bodily harm charges linked to biting but acquitted him on three rape counts and a choking count while hanging on three other rape counts.
- Judge Linda Black varied his bail on Thursday to permit him to travel to the UK, finding that delays in setting a fresh trial date made continued stay in Perth unfair.
- Revised bail conditions require him to reach and remain at an undisclosed UK address by August 31, surrender his passport within 24 hours of a return, return to Australia at least 10 days before any hearing, and avoid contact with the complainant and a key witness.
- The case was adjourned to September 25 for a trial‑date listing and prosecutors have signaled a retrial on the three hung sexual‑penetration counts with a likely timetable stretching into 2027.
- The retrial decision will determine whether Barrientos faces further jail exposure on sexual‑penetration charges and will shape when he is sentenced on his two assault convictions, which each carry up to five years in prison.