maandag 24 mei 2010
Two boys guilty of attempted rape charges in London
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Summary
Two boys of age 10 and 11 have been found guilty of attempted rape of an eight-year-old girl. The boys, who were age 10 at the time had denied two charges of rape and two of attempted rape of a child under 13. They were convicted of two counts of attempted rape. Both boys were ordered to be registered as sex offenders, although the judge said he was "not quite sure" how this worked with children of their age. Prosecutors told the trial that the girl was playing with a friend when the boys had approached her. They took her to a block of flats, a bin shed and a field and said they were playing doctors and nurses.
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I would like to know how the boys reacted to all of this. The victim is of course the one who suffers but the boys do too in this case because I do not think they are to be fully blamed. I wonder if they ever saw a psychiatrist during the trial to exclude any mental diseases or see what kind of roll the parents and the school played. I somehow think that the boys were influenced by someone or something else. A “normal” and happy child does not show such behaviour.
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I just can't believe children, because that is what they still are, get involved in these kind of things.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI can honestly say I can not agree with you more! A thorough psychiatric research should be done.. because obviously something went wrong with these boys. A child isn't born with these kind of ideas, they are put in their heads by someone or something.
I think it is good you picked a topic like this one. Even though it is hard to discuss it because it is so horrible.
I like the way you write, but it would be even better if you wrote longer summaries. I would not mind reading more of your stuff!