2 teenagers charged for rape in separate cases

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with the rape of a 6-year-old girl from his village while in another incident, a 17-year-old boy has been charged with the rape of a 5-year-old girl from his village.

This has been highlighted by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions while providing statistics for sexual offences last month where 23 people were charged with a total of 52 counts of sexual offences.

These include 37 counts of rape, 1 count of abduction with intent to commit rape, 3 counts of indecent assault, 3 counts of defilement and 8 counts of sexual assault.

Of the 23 accused persons, two were children in conflict with the law and there were 22 victims of whom 16 victims were under the age of 18.

There was one male victim and 21 female victims.

There were nine incidents where the victims and the accused were related to one another.

A 63-year-old man was charged with two counts of rape of a 13-year-old boy from his village.

A 75-year-old man was charged with the rape, sexual assault and indecent assault of his 14-year-old step-granddaughter while in another incident, a 42-year-old man was charged with two counts of rape and two counts of sexual assault of his 10-year-old step-granddaughter.

There was one incident where a 53-year-old man was charged with nine representative counts of rape of his 28-year-old stepdaughter.

A 30-year-old man was charged with the rape of his 3-year-old niece while in another incident, a 41-year-old man was charged with the rape of his 6-year-old niece.

There was one incident where a 24-year-old man was charged with the rape of his 16-year-old cousin.

In another incident, a 19-year-old man was charged with the rape of his 8-year-old stepsister.

A 19-year-old man was charged with two counts of defilement of a 15-year-old girl while in another incident, a 19-year-old man was charged with one count of defilement of a 12-year-old girl.

There was one incident where a 28-year-old man was charged with the rape of a 12-year-old girl.

The accused and the victim were neighbours at the time of the incident.

A 38-year-old man was charged with the rape and assault causing actual bodily harm to a 41-year-old woman.

A 24-year-old man was charged with five counts of rape of a 23-year-old woman while in another incident, a 22-year-old man was charged with the rape of a 17-year-old girl.

Six cases were discontinued due to insufficient evidence, false complaints and the death of an accused person.