Circus school quartet charged with child sex offences identified after court lifts order

A group of people linked to a Blue Mountains circus school, who are charged with repeatedly raping and abusing three young boys, can be named after a Sydney court lifted a suppression order.

Therese Ann Cook, 58, her brother Paul Christopher Cook, 52, Yyani Cook-Williams, 29, and Clarissa Meredith, 23, are among a group of seven people who are collectively facing 127 charges including kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault of a child and making child abuse material.
The four are related, with three living in the same Katoomba home and one living in Canterbury in Sydney's south-west.

Magistrate Stephen Corry on Thursday decided in favour of five media organisations, including Fairfax Media, when he agreed in Penrith Local Court to lift the suppression order that had concealed their identities.
One of the boys who was allegedly assaulted was just three years old at the time of the first assault, court documents reveal.

Detectives allege Therese Ann Cook first abused two of the boys - aged three and seven - in 2015 before her co-accused became involved at a later date.

Supporters of Ms Cook were in court when the matter was mentioned on Tuesday. She is charged with 43 of the offences, including having sexual intercourse with a child under 10, and is accused of being present while multiple rapes occurred.
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