Defendant Timear Lewis is seen on a television screen in the Mercer County Courthouse during his video bail hearing Friday, April 9, 2010, in Trenton, N.J. Lewis is charged with aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. (AP Photo/M
TRENTON, N.J. — Bail has been set at $300,000 for a second man accused of participating in the gang-rape of a 7-year-old girl in New Jersey. Nineteen-year-old Timear Lewis made his first court appearance by video link Friday. He is charged with aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. His public defender says Lewis isn’t a flight risk. Trenton police say the child was sold by her 15-year-old stepsister for sex with as many as seven men and boys. The stepsister also faces charges. Besides Lewis, Gregory Leary is held on half a million dollars’ bail. Three boys ages 13, 14 and 17 are also charged. The child’s stepfather claims Lewis, Leary and the 17-year-old actually tried to help the girl. Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
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