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The girl had been playing with her younger sister but said she had been taken to a block of flats, a bin shed and a field by the boys, it was alleged.
When the younger girl went home without her sister, the mother went looking for her and found her with the boys, said Rosina Cottage, prosecuting.
The boys, now aged 11 and 10, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, deny two charges each of rape and two charges each of attempted rape of a child under 13, in October, last year.
The offences were alleged to have happened in Hayes, west London, near to where all the children - who knew each other - lived.
The boys, amongst the youngest charged with rape, looked tiny sitting in the middle of the court between their mothers and solicitors.
The judge, Mr Justice Saunders, and lawyers in the case dispensed with their robes and wigs.
The jury was told that sitting hours had been shortened and other steps were taken because the defendants were so young.
The judge, wearing a dark grey suit, sat where the court clerk normally sits so he was on the same level as the boys.
Miss Cottage told the jury of six men and six women: "This case concerns rape by two boys still at primary school of a girl even younger than them.
"Together they took her to different locations near where they lived in order to find a sufficiently secluded spot to assault her.
"When they did, they pulled down her pants and helped each other to penetrate her. The events leading to the alleged rapes all took place in and around a block of flats and they ended in a field."
Miss Cottage said when the victim's mother and younger sister went to fetch her, they bumped into the mother of the younger defendant and a five-year-old playmate.
When the boy's mother asked the little boy where her son was "he said that he was in a nearby field and that he was with (the girl) and that he was hurting her", said Miss Cottage.
He pointed over to the field and they went to find the children. The girl's mother went into the field but could not locate her.
"As she was walking out she saw her with the boys and asked what they had been doing. They all said nothing," added Miss Cottage.
The mother asked for her daughter's scooter back from the younger defendant.
But as they walked home, the woman "could see things were not right with her daughter". In the car, she asked her what was wrong and her daughter told her what had happened.
The woman went to see the boys' parents who were not in but spotted the older boy.
Miss Cottage said she asked what happened but he replied "nothing".
The younger boy joined them and allegedly said: "I didn't touch her" before anything was said.
Then the older boy had added: "It wasn't me. It was (the other boy)."
The mother called police and the girl told them they "put their thingies in me".
"She was taken to hospital because she was complaining of pains in her stomach," said Miss Cottage.
The trial continues.
Girl, eight, 'raped by two boys aged 10' - Telegraph
Update
Girl, eight, admits she lied about rape by boys An eight-year-old girl admitted today lying about two 10-year-old boys accused of raping her because she was worried that she would be in trouble with her mother after being “a tiny bit naughty”.
The primary schoolgirl admitted she feared that she would not be given sweets if her mother knew that the three of them had been showing each other their private parts.
The prosecution claims that the boys raped the girl during an ordeal in which she was taken to a block of flats, later held captive in a bin shed and finally assaulted in a park in Hayes, West London.
Giving evidence via a video link to the Old Bailey, the girl admitted during cross-examination that neither boy had dragged her to a secluded spot, pulled down her underwear or raped her.
Instead she agreed with Linda Strudwick, defending the older boy, that she feared getting in trouble and so told her mother that they had pulled down her underwear rather than her having done so voluntarily.
She agreed that when in the bin sheds in October last year she had wanted to be with the boys because they were having fun and giggling.
Sitting in annexe to the court, the girl sometimes patted her hands together, stroked her hair or drank from a bottle of blackcurrant juice as she gave evidence.
Ms Strudwick asked: “You told your Mum that the boys took your knickers down because you didn’t want your Mum to know that you had been naughty. Is that right?” The girl replied: “Yes.”
She then agreed that she was not “dragged” anywhere and was not raped by either boy.
Asked whether she had wanted to be with the boys, she replied: “I kind of did.” Asked what she was worried about, she said: “No sweeties.”
Ms Strudwick asked whether she had been naughty and she admitted “only a tiny bit” but she could not remember how.
After finishing her evidence the judge, Mr Justice Saunders, noted that she appeared “exhausted” and thanked her, adding: “No one is suggesting you have done anything wrong. I am the judge. I know when people have done something wrong. You have not done anything wrong. Remember that.”
The two boys, one of whom is now 11, watched proceedings from the well of the court sitting in between their mothers and solicitors. Neither the barristers nor the judge was wearing gowns or wigs because of the age of the defendants. None of the children, who knew each other, can be named for legal reasons.
The jury of six men and six women was told that when the child was taken to hospital with stomach pains but she did not have any injuries to her genitalia, but had a number of scratches and grazes.
Both boys deny rape and attempted rape in last year.
The trial continues.
By Steve Bird
Girl, eight, admits she lied about rape by boys - Times Online
When the younger girl went home without her sister, the mother went looking for her and found her with the boys, said Rosina Cottage, prosecuting.
The boys, now aged 11 and 10, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, deny two charges each of rape and two charges each of attempted rape of a child under 13, in October, last year.
The offences were alleged to have happened in Hayes, west London, near to where all the children - who knew each other - lived.
The boys, amongst the youngest charged with rape, looked tiny sitting in the middle of the court between their mothers and solicitors.
The judge, Mr Justice Saunders, and lawyers in the case dispensed with their robes and wigs.
The jury was told that sitting hours had been shortened and other steps were taken because the defendants were so young.
The judge, wearing a dark grey suit, sat where the court clerk normally sits so he was on the same level as the boys.
Miss Cottage told the jury of six men and six women: "This case concerns rape by two boys still at primary school of a girl even younger than them.
"Together they took her to different locations near where they lived in order to find a sufficiently secluded spot to assault her.
"When they did, they pulled down her pants and helped each other to penetrate her. The events leading to the alleged rapes all took place in and around a block of flats and they ended in a field."
Miss Cottage said when the victim's mother and younger sister went to fetch her, they bumped into the mother of the younger defendant and a five-year-old playmate.
When the boy's mother asked the little boy where her son was "he said that he was in a nearby field and that he was with (the girl) and that he was hurting her", said Miss Cottage.
He pointed over to the field and they went to find the children. The girl's mother went into the field but could not locate her.
"As she was walking out she saw her with the boys and asked what they had been doing. They all said nothing," added Miss Cottage.
The mother asked for her daughter's scooter back from the younger defendant.
But as they walked home, the woman "could see things were not right with her daughter". In the car, she asked her what was wrong and her daughter told her what had happened.
The woman went to see the boys' parents who were not in but spotted the older boy.
Miss Cottage said she asked what happened but he replied "nothing".
The younger boy joined them and allegedly said: "I didn't touch her" before anything was said.
Then the older boy had added: "It wasn't me. It was (the other boy)."
The mother called police and the girl told them they "put their thingies in me".
"She was taken to hospital because she was complaining of pains in her stomach," said Miss Cottage.
The trial continues.
Girl, eight, 'raped by two boys aged 10' - Telegraph
Update
Girl, eight, admits she lied about rape by boys An eight-year-old girl admitted today lying about two 10-year-old boys accused of raping her because she was worried that she would be in trouble with her mother after being “a tiny bit naughty”.
The primary schoolgirl admitted she feared that she would not be given sweets if her mother knew that the three of them had been showing each other their private parts.
The prosecution claims that the boys raped the girl during an ordeal in which she was taken to a block of flats, later held captive in a bin shed and finally assaulted in a park in Hayes, West London.
Giving evidence via a video link to the Old Bailey, the girl admitted during cross-examination that neither boy had dragged her to a secluded spot, pulled down her underwear or raped her.
Instead she agreed with Linda Strudwick, defending the older boy, that she feared getting in trouble and so told her mother that they had pulled down her underwear rather than her having done so voluntarily.
She agreed that when in the bin sheds in October last year she had wanted to be with the boys because they were having fun and giggling.
Sitting in annexe to the court, the girl sometimes patted her hands together, stroked her hair or drank from a bottle of blackcurrant juice as she gave evidence.
Ms Strudwick asked: “You told your Mum that the boys took your knickers down because you didn’t want your Mum to know that you had been naughty. Is that right?” The girl replied: “Yes.”
She then agreed that she was not “dragged” anywhere and was not raped by either boy.
Asked whether she had wanted to be with the boys, she replied: “I kind of did.” Asked what she was worried about, she said: “No sweeties.”
Ms Strudwick asked whether she had been naughty and she admitted “only a tiny bit” but she could not remember how.
After finishing her evidence the judge, Mr Justice Saunders, noted that she appeared “exhausted” and thanked her, adding: “No one is suggesting you have done anything wrong. I am the judge. I know when people have done something wrong. You have not done anything wrong. Remember that.”
The two boys, one of whom is now 11, watched proceedings from the well of the court sitting in between their mothers and solicitors. Neither the barristers nor the judge was wearing gowns or wigs because of the age of the defendants. None of the children, who knew each other, can be named for legal reasons.
The jury of six men and six women was told that when the child was taken to hospital with stomach pains but she did not have any injuries to her genitalia, but had a number of scratches and grazes.
Both boys deny rape and attempted rape in last year.
The trial continues.
By Steve Bird
Girl, eight, admits she lied about rape by boys - Times Online
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