Teenager receives suspended sentence for rape and sexual assault

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The teenager received a suspended three-year sentence for rape and sexual assault at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 15 January 2018. He was convicted after a 2016 trial of raping one 13-year-old boy and sexually assaulting another in the Midlands in July 2015.

Mr Justice Paul Coffey imposed strict conditions, including continued engagement with multidisciplinary supports and treatment, no contact with the injured parties or their families, and supervision by the Probation Service. The court also ordered that he return for review in January 2019, with the case capable of being re-entered if he breached the conditions.