A 15-year-old boy has been charged with raping and sexually assaulting eight girls aged as young as ten.
The teenager, who cannot be named because of his age, was accompanied by his mother for a hearing at Wellingborough Youth Court on Tuesday.
He is accused of 22 offences relating to incidents between 2023 and 2025 against victims aged between 10 and 15 at the time.
The boy was not asked to enter any pleas during the 20-minute hearing, did not stand in the dock and instead took a seat at the back of the court room.
He has been charged with 12 counts of
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