Serious concerns continue to be raised about the safety of girls and women, with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions highlighting that of the 22 victims of serious sexual offences last month, 21 were female and one was male.
The ODPP says a 67-year-old man was charged with one count of rape and one count of sexual assault involving his 9-year-old granddaughter, while in a separate incident, a 63-year-old man was charged with one count of rape and one count of indecent assault involving his 9-year-old granddaughter.
They say a 19-year-old man was charged with two counts of rape and one count of indecent assault involving his 7-year-old sister, while in another incident, a 27-year-old man was charged with the rape of his 33-year-old stepsister.
In another incident, a 40-year-old man was charged with two counts of rape, one count of indecent assault and one count of sexual assault of his 17-year-old cousin.
A 23-year-old man was charged with one count of rape of his 17-year-old cousin, however, this matter was discontinued due to a false complaint.
There were three cases of marital rape where a 35-year-old man was charged with one count of rape of his 31-year-old wife, a 32-year-old man was charged with one count of rape of his 32-year-old wife.
In another incident, a 32-year-old man was charged with one count of rape and one count of assault causing actual bodily harm to his 30-year-old wife.
The ODPP says there were 21 cases filed in the High Court with a total of 39 counts of sexual offences last month.
They say there were 27 counts rape, one count of attempted rape, one count of defilement, five counts of indecent assault and five counts of sexual assault.
There were 22 accused persons charged with 39 counts of sexual offences and of the 22 accused people, five were juveniles.
There were 22 victims of whom 11 victims were under the age of 18 years.
Looking at the cases where juveniles were the accused, a 13-year-old boy was charged with one count of rape of an 11-year-old girl from his village.
In another incident, a 17-year-old boy was charged with the two counts of rape of a 5-year-old girl from his village.
There was one incident where three juveniles were charged with the rape, attempted rape and indecent assault of another boy from their village, however, charges against one of the juvenile was discontinued due to insufficient evidence.
A 27-year-old man was charged with one count of rape a 10-year-old girl.
The accused is also charged with one count of criminal trespass.
In another incident, an 18-year-old man was charged with the rape of a 16-year-old girl.
There was one incident where a 20-year-old man was charged with one count of defilement of a 14-year-old girl from his village.
Five cases were discontinued after charges were withdrawn due to insufficient evidence and a false complaint.
