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