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An eight-year-old girl was raped by two 10-year-old boys while out playing with her younger sister near her home in west London, the Old Bailey has heard.

The girl, who was allegedly raped in a field, later told her mother what had happened, jurors heard.

The boys, who cannot be identified because of their age, each deny two charges of rape and two charges of attempted rape of a child under 13.

The offences are alleged to have happened in October 2009.

The alleged rape happened near to where all the children - who knew each other - lived, the court heard.

The boys, who are now aged 10 and 11, are among the youngest to be charged with rape in the UK.

The jury was told that the court's sitting hours had been shortened and other steps would be taken because the defendants were so young.

The judge, Mr Justice Saunders, sat where the court clerk normally sits so he was on the same level as the boys.

Rosina Cottage, prosecuting, told the court the mother went looking for the girl after her younger sister, who she had been playing with, returned home without her.

'Secluded spot'

Miss Cottage told the court: "This case concerns rape by two boys still at primary school of a girl even younger than them.

"Together they took her to different locations near where they lived in order to find a sufficiently secluded spot to assault her.

"The events leading to the alleged rapes all took place in and around a block of flats and they ended in a field."

Miss Cottage said when the victim's mother and younger sister went to fetch her, they bumped into the mother of the younger defendant and a five-year-old playmate.

When the boy's mother asked the little boy where her son was "he said that he was in a nearby field and that he was with (the girl) and that he was hurting her", said Miss Cottage.

He pointed over to the field and the women went to find the children. The girl's mother went into the field but could not locate her.

When she did find her, the woman "could see things were not right with her daughter", Miss Cottage said.

She told the court the mother later asked the girl what was wrong and the girl told her mother that the boys had taken her to the block of flats where they had moved the bins in a bin shed so that she could not get out.

Miss Cottage added: "When a car pulled up the boys had taken her out of the bin shed and taken her to the fields.

"She told them to leave her alone."

The boys then assaulted her, the court heard.

Miss Cottage said the girl's mother spotted the older boy and asked what happened but he replied "nothing".

The younger boy joined them and, before anything was asked, allegedly said: "I didn't touch her."

The court was told the older boy then added: "It wasn't me. It was (the other boy)."

The girl was then taken to hospital because she was complaining of pains in her stomach, the court heard.

She gave evidence via videolink from another room of the court and told how she was taken to the bin shed before being taken to the field.

The trial continues.


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What has the world turned to, young kids now group gang others..
They biys have been cleared of raping the girl, but convicted of attempted rape.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...empted-rape-of-eightyearold-girl-1981937.html
 
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    From what I read the kid lied during the cross examination, both of them! This is why 8 year old kids aren't reliable witnesses
     

    Red

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    Yeah, I think they only believed what the victim said outwith court it the immediate aftermath of the incident.

    I suspect that trial will probably be the beginning of the end of the cross examination of young kids in court, which probably isn't a bad thing.
     

    X Æ A-12

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    None of those kids are old enough to understand the significance of what happened so I see no point in pressing charges. Those kids need some serious therapy.
     

    Red

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    The Crown Prosecution Service are in a no win situation on this one.

    They charged the kids, so folk are complaining the kids are too young to be charged with such a thing.

    However, if they hadn't charged them and the kids had committed another sexual offence in another few years, there would be an outcry at no action having been taken.

    It will be interesting to see what the sentence will be.
     
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    All three of the children involved need pyschiatric analyses, that is all you can do for children under the age of legal responcibility (which should be higher than 14), you need to find out what has gone wrong and then find a workable solution, punishing them for something they have no concept of will do no good, and letting them go without dealing with the issues can lead to them reoffending.

    The Crown is in a damned if you do damned if you dont situation.
     

    The Curr

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    MMA Fighter Rips Out Friend's Heart And Eyes While High On Mushroom Tea


    26-year old MMA fighter, Jarrod Wyatt, ripped his 21-year old friend's still beating heart from his chest as well as his eye after ingesting a hefty dose of what appears to be mushroom tea. Apparently the blood was so immense, that the entire house was made into a crime scene.

    The man, Justin Davis, had been there earlier in the day and saw Wyatt (the killer) acting strangely after drinking “some kind of mushroom tea,” according to the statement. Davis left for Crescent City, but returned later to pick up his dog. Davis arrived to find Wyatt standing in the living room naked and covered with blood, according to the statement. Wyatt told Davis, according to the statement, that he was going to cut out Powell's heart. Davis went to a nearby pay phone to call law enforcement.

    A deputy arrived at the residence and reportedly saw Wyatt on the couch with Powell's body, which was covered in blood and had most of its face removed. A large incision in the chest could be seen, and other unspecified body parts had been removed. An eyeball was resting in the middle of the room, according to the statement.

    Wyatt allegedly told the deputy that he'd cut Powell's heart out and thrown it into the fire.

    Powell's death certificate reads that he died from having his heart removed while he was still alive, causing him to bleed to death. It also lists as significant blunt force trauma to the head and neck, and compression of the neck.

    What appeared to be wild mushrooms were in the kitchen, the deputy reported. The deputy also discovered a marijuana garden in the house when he went to search for additional victims, the statement reads.


    http://www.thisis50.com/profiles/bl...out-friends?id=784568:BlogPost:20443473&page=
     
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    I imagine liberties have been taken with the truth but from what iv read elsewhere it happened!

    UK Illegal Downloaders' Details To Be Stored On Official List


    People who infringe copyright through illegal downloading in the UK are set to have their names stored on lists under new proposals from communications regulator Ofcom.

    The measure, announced today (May 28), is part of Ofcom's proposed code of practice as part of the Digital Economy Act 2010.

    The proposed code would only affect the largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs): BT, Talk Talk, Virgin Media, Sky, Orange, O2 and Post Office, though they could be applied to smaller ISPs and across formats including mobile downloads in the future.

    Under the code ISPs would have to compile lists of serial copyright infringers. Copyright holders, such as record companies, would be able to ask for access to the lists to take legal action against them.

    A three-stage process for copyright infringers has been outlined, with users who receive three notifications of copyright infringement in a year being placed on a list requested by the copyright owner.

    http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news...rs_details_to_be_stored_on_official_list.html
     

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