Three US marines have been charged with the rape of two Australian women in the tropical northern city of Darwin.
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The sisters, aged 23 and 26, said they had gone to an apartment in the Darwin city centre with two of the servicemen just after midnight on Friday, where they met a third marine, Northern Territory police said in a statement today.
The three men, aged 20, 21, and 22, have each been charged with one count of sexual intercourse without consent and bailed to appear in the Darwin Magistrates Court on February 24.
Around 4,500 U.S. servicemen and women from the USS Peleliu, USS Germantown and USS Decatur have been on shore leave in Darwin for most of the past week. The ships are due to leave the city on Sunday.