Teenager who raped boy and sexually assaulted another tells court events were 'an experiment gone wrong'

A teenage boy who raped a 13-year-old boy and sexually assaulted another will not be jailed if adequate supports can be put in place for him within a year.

Teenager who raped boy and sexually assaulted another tells court events were 'an experiment gone wrong'

A teenage boy who raped a 13-year-old boy and sexually assaulted another will not be jailed if adequate supports can be put in place for him within a year.

During his trial the now 17-year-old said the incidents which occurred in a midlands town were consensual and described them as “an experiment gone wrong”.

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