An 11 year old boy, now 12, was sentenced
last week after being convicted of raping his
younger sister on February 26 and March 8
this year.
According to court documents, the boy who
can't be named for legal reasons, was said
to have ejaculated at least once during the
sexual assaults and is now officially Britain's
youngest rapist.
The boy, who is from Plymouth in Devon but
now lives in Cornwall, was found with
disturbing images on his mobile phone
following the sexual assaults.
He was sentenced to a 12-month intensive
referral order and put on the sex offenders’
register for two–and-a-half years..
According to the judge who sentenced him,
he'll work with sex experts to improve his
behavior and will also be supervised using
the internet.
Judge Diane Baker told the young boy
I know a lot about what has happened
in your life and your mum’s life in the
past and the difficulties you faced and
the confusion you face now about how
you wish to lead your life. But what
you did was so serious and so
damaging to your little sister. She was
nine-years-old – she does not
understand about those things and
you hurt her so seriously that that will
last with her for the whole of her
life. If you were older, I’m telling you
now you would be serving a sentence
of detention – that’s like prison. But
you were only 11.”
Judge Baker also said that she wanted social
services to make sure the boy had access to
“male influences in his life”.
She said to him:
“Do you promise me that you’re going
to work with everybody and this is not
going to happen again? How do you
feel about going back to school?”
The boy, who spoke in a quiet, mumbled
tone, replied:
“I’m happy to go back to school and
make friends.”
The judge added:
“I know it must be tough for you not
to see your brothers and sisters but
that’s going to have to remain until
it’s safe.”
She told him he would have to carry out the
intensive referral order or come back to court.
She asked him:
“If you don’t do it, what do you think
will happen?” The boy – who had to be
told to speak up by the judge –
replied: “I don’t know.”
The judge said:
“They will say you will have to go
back in front of Judge Baker – and
that’s me. I need to know what’s
happening with this order and I need
to know your behaviour is improving.”
Jodie Leonard, defending counsel, said:
“He is due to start at school again – I
asked him how he is getting on. He is
working really hard.”
Source: Sun UK
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