12-year-old boy raped sister, 7, after watching internet porn

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www.lep.co.uk/news/local/schoolboy-raped-sister-after-watching-porn-1-6474334

"He committed a number of sexual offences against his sister between March and May last year but the matters did not come to light until last autumn."

"Sentencing him, District Judge James Prowse said he thought it “highly improbable” that the boy would reoffend in this way as he followed the recommendations of a Youth Offending Team to impose a 12-month referral order.

Detaining him would “tear the family apart” and would expose him to “hardened and sophisticated” youth offenders, he added.

In a victim impact statement, the girl said she was “sad” at what her brother had done but she wanted him to come home because she loved him and missed playing games with him."

"It is understood the boy had viewed porn on an Xbox games console at a friend’s house."

"The content had led to “sexual conversation” between the group of friends, the court heard."

This certainly gives strength to the proposal that all porn should be opt-in rather than opt out. What's more, the opt-in should be per viewing, not as a general setting, so that children can't access it at home if a parent has opted-in. Of course there will always be ways around it, but it can't be a bad think to make all porn as difficult as possible to access.

The parents aren't worse than useless!

I seriously hope nothing awful ever happens to a child in your care because someone banding that statement around would make you feel so much better wouldn't it.

This has happened when the children were playing together.No one can constantly watch they're children every second of every day and it's perfectly normal to think that your children can play together in a room with out constant adult supervision without someone being raped!

For those that suspect the parents of foul play they're behavior around they're children and around one another will be watched.Also they will check out past relationships,any ex partners(step parents)that had or have contact with the children.They'll also check if either of the parents have had a criminal record.

Sadly this could happen in any home to the children of the most perfect parents.

There will have been cases similar to this where one or both of the parents have been Police Officers,Social Workers,Lawyers,Doctors,judges you name it.Cases like this don't only happen to parents that don't work or have a lower paying job!

And Porn being so easily accessible has a lot to answer for,there's a reason it's legal to have sex at 16 but not to watch porn till your 18.

The pornography that people can access now is far beyond what you would have seen 50 years ago.Lots of the acts shown in pornography now would have been illegal back then!

Everyone not just children are being desensitised now on every level every single day of they're life's,television,literature,computer games,access is so much easier now via fast start internet,ipads,phones even through game consoles.

You can turn on the tv and be watching a breakfast show(on before the children leave for school)and they'll mention something like 50 shades of Grey which is fine for an adult to read but not something you'd really want your child reading,yet they'll discuss in quite some detail on the television at 7 in the morning.
Children by nature are curious,it only takes one child to hear about it and then go to school and ask around and then for one child to find a copy at home and for them to bring it into school to read with they're friends.

Not as bad as seeing sexual acts but still not something a child should ever read!

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the peer pressure aspect of this.

The judge said the boy wasn't mature enough to realise that his friends were all talk. I think we also, as a society, need to make dcs aware that not everything their friends say is true.

Also that it's ok not to go along with the crowd. It takes a hell of a lot of confidence for a child (or adult) to go against their peers but it's a hugely valuable lesson for both sexes.

For those that suspect the parents of foul play they're behavior around they're children and around one another will be watched.Also they will check out past relationships,any ex partners(step parents)that had or have contact with the children.They'll also check if either of the parents have had a criminal record.

Id love to believe that - but speaking from personal experience it doesnt always happen.

Re the sentencing aspect of this, with a child and his/her first offence the judge has no choice but to give either a referral order or detention order there is no in between. There is a stark choice of prison or a low level order. I hope his local youth offending team have the resources to help him properly. I used to sit on the referral panels which determine what help/punishment should be included in the order, often our hands were tied by a lack of resources.

That boy needs to be taken away from the family home and that poor girl needs help to understand what he did was wrong. From what I've read the parents need to understand this too. Interesting comments about teaching boys not to show aggressive sexual behaviour towards others. True that girls are warned about predetory males but they aren't taught how to avoid being raped. Awful thing is if some sicko boy man or monster decides to rape someone the victim is often powerless. No matter how much they have been taught. Rapists and abusers should in my opinion be locked away forever.