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10/11/2008
Nine Schoolboys Face Jail For 'Punishment' Gang Rape
Nine schoolboys are facing years behind bars for carrying out a "punishment" rape on a 14-year-old girl.
The boys, who were aged as young as 13, snatched the girl from the street, and brought her to a nearby flat in King Edward’s Road, Hackney, east London on 30 April last year.
Snaresbrook Court heard how the 16-year-old ringleader of the group ordered the teenage girl to be punished for allegedly insulting his girlfriend.
The victim - now aged 16 - was then taken to another address on the Frampton Park Estate, where she was subsequently raped by the nine youths.
The court heard how one of the accused told the terrified girl: "I can't help you now, I'm with my boys."
Following a six-week trial, six of the teenagers were found guilty of all the charges they faced - 13 counts of rape, kidnap and false imprisonment. The other three pleaded guilty to rape, kidnap and false imprisonment before the trial. An order has prohibited the publishing of their identities.
Judge Wendy Joseph QC told the defendants: "This is a tragedy not only for your victim, who I think you now understand will never get over this, but it's a tragedy for you too.
"You have each been convicted of a terrible series of crimes and the only sentence I can pass will be one of custody."
Pre-sentence reports have been ordered by the Judge, who added: "They are very young - I want to know what’s been going on in their backgrounds."
(JM/KMcA)
The boys, who were aged as young as 13, snatched the girl from the street, and brought her to a nearby flat in King Edward’s Road, Hackney, east London on 30 April last year.
Snaresbrook Court heard how the 16-year-old ringleader of the group ordered the teenage girl to be punished for allegedly insulting his girlfriend.
The victim - now aged 16 - was then taken to another address on the Frampton Park Estate, where she was subsequently raped by the nine youths.
The court heard how one of the accused told the terrified girl: "I can't help you now, I'm with my boys."
Following a six-week trial, six of the teenagers were found guilty of all the charges they faced - 13 counts of rape, kidnap and false imprisonment. The other three pleaded guilty to rape, kidnap and false imprisonment before the trial. An order has prohibited the publishing of their identities.
Judge Wendy Joseph QC told the defendants: "This is a tragedy not only for your victim, who I think you now understand will never get over this, but it's a tragedy for you too.
"You have each been convicted of a terrible series of crimes and the only sentence I can pass will be one of custody."
Pre-sentence reports have been ordered by the Judge, who added: "They are very young - I want to know what’s been going on in their backgrounds."
(JM/KMcA)
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