To not tell her parents?

You said “I highly doubt they were properly protected…from pregnancy and all the other harms”

But there’s no reason to make a such a strong assumption that teenagers aren’t aware of STIs and how to avoid pregnancy- most are well educated about it and definitely want to avoid these things. By all means check with your own child but don’t assume they’re clueless.

If you want the correct law term then he "
committed the offence of "sexual activity of a child"

Statutory rape is more a U.S. term.

I'm not being punitive. I'm just saying what it could legally be classed as so ok, not "rape" by definition, but the offence quoted above.

I don't need to step away, thanks though! 😂

Go and have a cup of sweet tea 🙄

Factually you are talking bollocks.

No an under 13 cant consent so it would be automatic rape
The law recognises that some 13 -15 year oldss do have sex and and whilst its illegal its sex with a minor
And as they are so close in age
The polce wouldnt seek to prosecute.

You need to tell her parents. It’s the right thing to do and also an offence has been committed whilst she was under your duty of care. Im
not sure you’re grasping the seriousness of the situation. I imagine the other parents will find out too so I would tell them too.

No. FGS you do not understand the law and you have such a punitive view that I'm concerned you need to step away here.

Sexual activity is illegal between a 16 year old and an under 16. The under 16 cannot legally give consent, so it is factually rape.

Yes, and my DH was/is the same.

Oh, ffs you are hysterical. And not in a laughing way.

I can see how this happened - I used to hate having sleepovers for this very reason i.e. someone does something stupid that you are responsible for. You do have to tell the parents though. I personally wouldn't tell all the parents, just the parents of the girl in question. You've just got to make that call as best you can and face any consequences but from my perspective I can see how if husband and me were sat in our back garden, random teenager is helped to climb in at the front of the house, we would have been none the wiser too. Good luck.

An under 16 can't legally consent, ergo rape.

I can just imagine my daughter’s reaction if I’d insisted on looking under her bed for young men hiding ready to pounce as soon as I’d left the room 😆

This

Which brings me back to the various hiding places available, and how scheming kids can be, so helicoptering over nearly 16 year olds would achieve absolutely nothing.

Maybe op could have read them all a story?

Isnt it just
I mean legally the same girl could have sex with a 50 year old man in four weeks and no laws would be broken.

Unless the guests had exclusive use of the east wing, then op should certainly be aware of who is and who isn’t on the premises.
Especially when she’s invited other people’s children to stay.

As the OP has said, she was a terrible, irresponsible parent who dared to sit in her back garden on a very hot summer’s evening while the boy sneaked into the house, presumably through the front door.

His parents need to know, too.

Yes another for telling the parents they snuck a boy in without your knowledge. Then let them discuss the rest with their daughter.

Dont be uttelrly ridiculous
Clearly you dont know whst a paedophile id
Hint its not a 16 year old boy having consenual sex with a girl three months younger than him
Paedophiles are attracted to pre pubescent children .

This thread is getting truly ridiculous. The girl concerned is almost 16, from what the OP has said, she and her friends sneaked the girl’s boyfriend, who is just 16, into the house and they had sex. There is no information to indicate whether this was the first time or if theyre generally at it like rabbits whenever they can. To call the boy a paedophile and suggest thst he raped the girl is bizarre.

Wow, the hysteria here is unbelievable. It is honestly shocking to hear "rape" be thrown around so obsessively. People seem to be losing their minds over this.

Well, this…
How could you not notice?

I wasn't comparing the situations. My comment was aimed at those who were suggesting they'd be able to stop their DC being sly.

I really dont know how posters cant seem to imagine how this could have happened. Have none of you seen the various layouts of different homes widely available?