16 of the 29 victims of serious sex offences in May were under the age of 18 years, and there were 32 people charged with a total of 73 counts of separate incidents.
According to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, of the 32 people charged, one was a police officer.
The 35-year-old police officer was charged with the abduction of a 17-year-old girl with the intent to have carnal knowledge.
There were 14 incidents where the victims and the accused were related to one another.
A 36-year-old man was charged with three counts of rape of his 18-year-old daughter while in another incident, a 36-year-old man was charged with three counts of rape of his 10-year-old stepdaughter.
There was one incident where a 43-year-old man was charged with representative counts of rape, sexual assault and criminal intimidation of his 11-year-old daughter.
A 58-year-old man was charged with the rape, indecent assault and sexual assault of his 23-year-old daughter-in-law.
In another incident, a 45-year-old man was charged with rape, sexual assault and indecently annoying his 21-year-old step daughter-in-law.
A 66-year-old man was charged with the rape and attempted rape of a 14-year-old girl from his village while in another incident, a 21-year-old man was charged with the rape of a 9-year-old boy from his village.
There was one incident where two 61-year-old men and a 46-year-old man were charged with the rape and assault with the intent to commit rape of a 40-year-old woman. The victim was a cleaner at one of the accused person’s house when the alleged incident took place.
The Office of the DPP says there was one incident of marital rape where a 62-year-old man was charged with the rape and sexual assault of his 45-year-old wife.
There was one incident where a 32-year-old man was charged with abduction with intent to have carnal knowledge and defilement of a 14-year-old girl while in another incident, a 21-year-old man was charged with abduction with intent to have carnal knowledge of his 17-year-old girlfriend.
A 39-year-old man was charged with the rape and indecent assault of an 18-year-old woman. The alleged incident took place after a drinking party.
A 20-year-old man was charged with the rape and sexual assault of a 26-year-old woman from his village. The accused allegedly entered the victim’s bedroom whilst she was sleeping with her defacto partner.
A 39-year-old man and a 38-year-old man were charged with the rape of their 17-year-old and 39-year-old cousins.
The DPP’s Office says a 30-year-old man and a 27-year-old man were charged with the rape and indecent assault of their 17-year-old and 16-year-old nieces while in another incident, a 44-year-old man was charged with the rape and sexual assault of his 16-year-old niece.
A 44-year-old man was charged with the rape of his 49-year-old former defacto partner while in another incident, an 18-year-old man was charged with the rape of his former girlfriend.
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