A 14-year-old boy has been charged with the rape of his 2-year-old and 3-year-old nephews while there was an incident where two 16-year-old boys and a 17-year-old boy were charged with the rape and sexual assault of an 8-year-old boy.
According to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, there were 22 people charged with a total of 56 counts of sexual offences last month.
There were 33 counts of rape, two counts of attempted rape, one count of abduction with intent to commit rape, eight counts of indecent assault and 12 counts of sexual assault.
The DPP says of the 22 accused persons, five were juveniles.
There were 22 victims of whom 14 victims were under the age of 18 years.
There were three male victims and 19 female victims.
There were 11 incidents where the victims and the accused were related to one another.
A 17-year-old boy was charged with the rape of a 13-year-old girl from his village.
A 61-year-old man was charged with the rape and indecent assault of his 5-year-old granddaughter. The accused was also charged with the sexual assault of his 29-year-old daughter-in-law.
There was one incident where a 64-year-old man was charged with one representative count of rape of his 33-year-old daughter while in another incident, a 36-year-old man was charged with the rape, indecent assault and sexual assault of his 10-year-old daughter.
A 57-year-old man was charged with the indecent assault of his 16-year-old stepdaughter while in another incident, a 51-year-old man was charged with the rape of his 13-year-old stepdaughter.
A 27-year-old man was charged with the rape and indecent assault of his 15-year-old niece.
There was one incident where a 55-year-old man was charged with the rape and indecent assault of a 22-year-old woman where the accused was the victim’s guardian.
A 49-year-old man was charged with the rape, abduction with intent to commit rape, indecent assault and sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl.
There was one incident where a 29-year-old man was charged with child stealing and one count of rape of a 4-year-old girl.
There was one incident where a 35-year-old man was charged with the rape of his 34-year-old wife while in another incident, a 40-year-old man was charged with the rape and attempted rape of his 27-year-old de facto partner.
A 45-year-old man was charged with the rape and sexual assault of his 47-year-old de factor partner.
The accused was also charged with assault causing actual bodily harm and breach of DVRO.
Two cases were withdrawn after discontinuances were filed due to insufficient evidence.
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