Mother tells of shock at rape claim

A mother has told of her shock after her daughter, eight, claimed she had been raped by playmates
12 April 2012

A mother has told of her shock when her eight-year-old daughter said she had been raped by playmates.

The woman told the Old Bailey her daughter had been very embarrassed as she said the two 10-year-old boys had sex with her.

The boys, now aged 10 and 11, deny committing rape offences against the girl in Hayes, west London, in October last year.

Appearing in court on Thursday, the girl said she had lied about the attacks because she had been "naughty" and thought her mother would not buy her sweets.

The mother said she had been angry with the child after finding she had wandered off from near her home. After driving to a petrol station on the way to shops, she had asked the girl what happened.

The woman said: "She was very quiet and I asked her what's been happening. She said (the boys) 'have been doing sex with me'. I asked what do you mean and she said they had been 'putting their willy inside me'. She told me she wanted to go home but they made her do it. They told her not to tell anyone.

"I was still sitting in the car because I was absolutely stunned by what she had told me. She was very, very embarrassed. She was squirming."

The mother said she drove back straight away and confronted the boys. She saw the younger boy and asked him what he had done to her daughter.

He had said: "Nothing. It was (the other boy)." The older boy had come up and she asked him the same question. He had told her: "I didn't touch her."

In cross-examination by Chetna Patel, for the younger boy, she said her daughter was a "very good girl".

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