Two boys, aged 15 and 17, were charged with the rape of a 12-year-old girl by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) last month. This information was disclosed in the ODPP’s Rape and Sexual Offences Statistics for July. One of the accused is the victim’s cousin. The 17-year-old boy faces additional charges of aiding and abetting, as well as attempted rape. In a separate case, a 15-year-old boy was charged with the rape of a 15-year-old girl. These individuals are among 16 people charged with a total of 63 counts of sexual offences by the ODPP last month.
