At the trial, Hanoi procuracy stressed such crimes are very dangerous to society and violate human morality and therefore proposed to sentence Long hailing from Thanh Hoa province to 30 years in prison, and 12 years for Huong from Hanoi.

Six other indictees between the ages of 18 and 20 could face from 4 to 30 years in prison.

Huong, the gang’s youngest member and was dubbed as My "soi" (Wolf), and Long have long dropped out of school.

The others include Nguyen Xuan Thang, Nguyen Duc Hoang, Le Quang Vinh. Au The Doan, Hoang Trong Dat, and Tran Hoang Nam. All of them had led a fast life before their arrest.

Except Nam who is facing robbery charges, the remaining seven are charged with three crimes: rape, raping children, and robbery.

Not including Long, all of them are residents of Hanoi.

According to indictment, Huong and Long made acquaintances with teen girls via chats on Internet.

The couple later lured the teens to go out with them and then forced them into hotel rooms where the other male members of the gang raped them and then robbed their assets.

They committed their first crime on July 16, 2010 and the victim was Pham Thi K.T, 25, a resident of Hanoi. Huong lured T. to go out and then forced her to go to a hotel, where she was raped many times.

The gang also robbed VND200,000 (US$10) and a mobile phone from N.T.T, 16, who later managed to escape from the hotel.

The gang later carried out four other crimes, in which they abducted, beat, raped and robbed their victims.

Total value of the assets robbed by the gang is estimated at VND30 million ($1,500).

All of the gang members confessed to their crimes at the trial and burst out crying after hearing the sentence.