Children as young as FIVE accused of sex attacks in schools

Children as young as FIVE accused of sex attacks in schools – The number of sex crimes reported at UK schools has nearly trebled in four years with children as young as five accused of offences.

The crimes reported rose from 719 in 2011-12 to nearly 2,000 in 2014-15, an average of 10 offences every school day, with rape, child prostitution and sexual grooming all recorded.

In England, boys and girls as young as five were accused of carrying out sexual offences, while the youngest alleged victims were also five-years-old.

This included a five-year-old girl who was accused of sexual assault on a boy under 13, and a five year-old boy who was accused of sexual activity involving a girl under 13.

In Wales, the youngest alleged victim of a sexual offence was just four, although no details of the allegation or the child’s gender were given.

Source: Daily Mirror

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