11/12/2006

Teenagers remanded over rape charges

Two 13-year-old boys have been remanded in custody charged with raping a woman in north Belfast last week.

One is charged with rape, while the second is charged with aiding and abetting rape.

The teenagers cannot be named for legal reasons. They are also charged with robbery.

The charges relate to an incident last Monday in Woodvale Park in the Shankill area of the city, when a woman aged in her late teens was attacked as she made her way home.

(EF)

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