Two teenage boys have been charged in connection with alleged rapes of a vulnerable young woman and two teenage girls across two English counties. The alleged assaults reportedly occurred at addresses in North Somerset, western Somerset, and Cornwall, according to Avon and Somerset Police.
A 17-year-old boy faces charges of three counts of rape of a girl under 16, one count of non-fatal strangulation, and one count of assault causing actual bodily harm. The second accused, a 16-year-old boy, is charged with three counts of rape of a girl under 16, one count of rape of a woman aged 16 or over, one count of non-fatal strangulation, and one count of assault causing bodily harm.
Both defendants, who are from Somerset and cannot be named for legal reasons, have been remanded into youth detention. They appeared at Taunton Magistrates' Court on Wednesday and are scheduled for their next hearing at Taunton Crown Court on Friday, September 25.