It is reported that an eleven-year-old boy has been before the courts in the UK after images of him twice sexually assaulting his sister were found on his mobile phone.
The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at Bodmin Magistrates’ Court in Cornwall after admitting to two counts of rape at an earlier hearing.
He was supported in the dock by his mother and his foster mother.
His sister was only 9 years old at the time of the attacks and is believed that they took place at the children’s home in Plymouth earlier this year.
He has been given a 12-month referral order which means that he will work with counsellors and youth workers to change his behaviour.
He will also be supervised while using the internet and has to sign the sex offenders register for two years.
District Judge Diane Baker said that if he was older he would be receiving a prison sentence;
“I’ve read all about you. I know a lot about what has happened in your life and your mum’s life in the past and the difficulties you faced and the confusion you face now about how you wish to lead your life.
“But what you did was so serious and so damaging to your little sister.
“She was nine years old – she does not understand about those things and you hurt her so seriously. That will last with her for the whole of her life”
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