42 cases of serious sexual offences were recorded last month.
According to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, 25 people were charged in relation to these cases.
The offences consisted of 34 cases of rape, 4 defilement cases and 4 sexual assault cases.
The DPP statistics show that there were 20 victims of the 42 separate incidents. Of the 20 victims, 15 were under the age of 18 years.
Of these 15, eight were between the ages of 3 and 10, while seven were between the ages of 12 and 17 years.
There was also one serious sexual offence that involved a 3-year-old child.
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