Two men and three boys have been charged following the rape of a teenage girl at a property in Gravesend, Kent. The assaults occurred at a private residence on Salisbury Road between March 25 and April 19.
Kent Police received reports of the attacks on Tuesday, April 21, and promptly launched an investigation. Arrests were made later that day and on Wednesday, April 22.
Ionut Dobre, 33, of Cleanthus Road, Woolwich, was charged with rape on Friday, April 24, alongside two 16-year-olds and a 15-year-old, all from Gravesend. Benone Inofte, 46, of Salisbury Road, Gravesend, was charged the same day with aiding and abetting a rape.
The five individuals appeared at Medway Magistrates' Court on Friday and are scheduled to appear next at Woolwich Crown Court in London on May 22. Both men were remanded into custody, while two of the boys were remanded into youth detention and the third was released into the care of the local authority.
A Kent Police spokesperson stated: 'Five males have been charged by officers investigating a rape in Gravesend. The attacks happened at a private address on Salisbury Road in Gravesend between March 25 and April 19. On Tuesday, April 21, 2026, Kent Police received reports a teenage girl had been raped at a private property on Salisbury Road between March 25 and April 19. An investigation was launched and two men and three boys were arrested on Tuesday, April 21, and Wednesday, April 22.'
