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16-yr-old boy charged with rape after having consensual sex with teenage girl

A teenage boy is facing rape charges after he had sex with a girl despite it being consensual.

16-yr-old boy charged with rape after sleeping with 16-yr-old girl

A teenage boy is facing rape charges after he had sex with a girl despite it being consensual. Metro UK reported.

He and the girl were 16 when they had sex but unfortunately he was charged with rape.

The teenagers met in Dublin at a social event before the had sex.

She told her parents about the encounter with the boy, who is in state care, and they filed a complaint with the gardai and pressed charges, according to the Journal.

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Judge Zaidan told the court: ‘Someone has to guide him and be firm, someone has to give him love. His parents have let him down.’

He added: ‘he is easily taken advantage of and needs the protection of the state.’

The teenager was bailed to appear before the court at a later date.

In the Republic of Ireland, the age of consent for males and females is 17.

Boys under that age can be prosecuted for statutory rape, but females cannot.

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