A 15-year-old boy from Northamptonshire has been charged with 22 sex offences against eight girls, including the rape of a girl under 13. The alleged crimes were carried out between 2022 and 2025.
Court appearance and charges
The teenager appeared at Wellingborough Youth Court on Tuesday, July 21, where he spoke only to confirm his identity. He cannot be named for legal reasons. The charges include 12 counts of sexually assaulting a female, three counts of assaulting a girl under 13 by touching, and one count of raping a girl under 13.
He is also accused of one count of assaulting a female aged 13 and over by penetration, one count of raping a girl aged 13 to 15, possessing an extreme pornographic image, two counts of making an indecent photograph of a child, and one count of possessing a prohibited image of a child.
Victims and bail conditions
The court heard that the eight alleged victims were aged between 10 and 15 at the time of the offences. District Judge Amar Mehta told the boy: "Your case is too serious to be tried in this court. Therefore it’s going to be tried at the crown court at Northampton. I’m going to send your case to Northampton Crown Court for another hearing similar to this one."
The judge granted the teenager conditional bail, with conditions including no contact with the alleged victims, no unsupervised contact with females under 16, and engagement with the Northamptonshire Youth Justice Service. He is set to appear at Northampton Crown Court on August 18.
