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16 people including 3 juveniles charged with 43 counts of sexual offences last month

16 people including 3 juveniles charged with 43 counts of sexual offences last month

By Navitalai Naivalurua
12/10/2023
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16 people including 3 juveniles were charged with a total of 43 counts of sexual offences last month, while there were 17 victims of whom 11 were under the age of 18 years.

According to the statistics of rape and sexual offences for September provided by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, there were 27 counts of rape, 5 counts of indecent assault, and 11 counts of sexual assault.

DPP say of the 17 victims, there was one male and 16 females.

They say there were nine incidents where the victims and the accused were related to one another.

A 14-year-old boy was charged with the rape and sexual assault of a 4-year-old girl from his village, while a 16-year-old boy was charged with the rape of a 7-year-old girl.

A 15-year-old boy was charged with the rape of his 9-year-old niece.

There was one incident where a 56-year-old man was charged with the rape of his 14-year-old grandson.

In another incident, a 47-year-old man was charged with the rape, sexual assault, indecent assault and common assault of his 18-year-old daughter.

A 37-year-old man was charged with multiple counts of rape and sexual assault of his 11-year-old niece while in another incident, a 43-year-old man was charged with the rape and sexual assault of his 14-year-old niece.

A 46-year-old man was charged with the representative counts of rape of his 10-year-old niece and two representative counts of rape and indecent assault of his 13-year-old niece.

There was one incident where a 46-year-old man was charged with the sexual assault of his 22-year-old niece.

A 52-year-old man was charged with the rape and indecent assault of a 5-year-girl from his village.

A 37-year-old man was charged with the aggravated robbery and indecent assault of a 46-year-old woman.

There was one incident where a 23-year-old man was charged with the rape and sexual assault of his 18-year-old girlfriend, however, this matter was discontinued after the victim could not be contacted or located.

A 32-year-old man was charged with the rape and sexual assault of a 23-year-old woman during a drinking party, while in another incident, a 49-year-old man was charged with the rape of a 15-year-old girl from his village.

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