A schoolboy who raped a six-year-old
girl twice has walked free from court despite telling a probation
officer 'I don't care' when asked how his young victim felt following
her ordeal.
The boy, who
cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted forcing the girl to carry
out a sex act on two occasions, Ipswich Youth Court heard.
But during a meeting with a court official, who was compiling a pre-sentence report, the youth showed no remorse for his victim.
Prosecutor Simon Newell said the boy
was asked what he felt about the impact of his crimes on his victim and
replied: 'I don’t care how she feels.'District
Judge Celia Dawson told him that she was not sending him to a secure
youth offending unit because she did not want him to be in the company
of ‘older and more sophisticated criminals’.
The boy, who lives on the Suffolk and
Norfolk border, was given a 12 month referral order and a 12 month
restraining order banning him from contacting the victim or her family.
He was also ordered to pay £300 in compensation to the girl, having admitted two counts of rape at an earlier hearing.
The
court heard that the boy’s parents took him to a police station when
they heard about the sex attack allegations where he admitted what he
had done straight away.
'I hope you are aware if you don’t change your attitude you may have very serious problems in the future.'
District Judge Celia Dawson
Sentencing the boy, District Judge
Dawson told him: 'I have read the report and of course it gives me some
cause for concern because of your attitude to what you did.
'I
hope in a way that is you trying to be brave and tough things out, and
that when you start work with the Youth Offending Team you will begin to
think about what you did, about how serious it was, and about how badly
this has affected (the girl).
'I hope you are aware if you don’t change your attitude you may have very serious problems in the future.
'What you did was very, very wrong. Indeed you forced her to do something she did not want to do and didn’t understand.'
A statement from the victim’s mother said the girl has been left frightened and very upset by what happened.
The judge told the boy: 'That’s an awful thing. She’s only a little girl.'
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