Boys guilty of grabbing girl (8) in rape attempt [Herald.ie]
- Published: 25 May 2010
A pair of primary school boys yesterday became two of the youngest sex offenders in Britain after being found guilty of the attempted rape of an eight-year-old girl.
The boys, who are aged 10 and 11 and cannot be named, were convicted after a two-week trial at the Old Bailey during which the court heard how they had lured their victim to secluded spots near their homes in Hayes, west London.
They forced her to remove her underwear and tried to have sex with her. The defence claimed the whole thing was simply childish sexual experimentation -- "that age-old game, doctors and nurses".
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