23/03/2006

Teen rapist detained for four years

A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced to four years in a young offenders institution after admitting to raping four primary school girls.

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitting raping the girls, who were aged between 7 and 10, at Manchester Crown Court.

The court heard how the teenager, who was 14 at the time of the attack, approached the girls as they played in Mandley Park in Salford in July last year.

He suggested that the girls played a game of dare with him before he raped them.

The court heard how he threatened to kill one of the girls if she did not agree to his demands and how he threatened to "leather" another girl if she tried to run away.

The teenager was also ordered to spend a further five years on extended license after serving his four-year sentence.

The teenager denied another four sex offences and they were ordered to lie on file.

(KMcA/GB)


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