Two 10-year-olds charged with rape

Two 10-year-old boys were char-ged tonight with the rape of an eight-year-old girl. The alleged sex attack relates to an incident in a park off College Way, Hayes, west London, in October last year. Scotland Yard said the pair would appear before...

Two 10-year-old boys were char-ged tonight with the rape of an eight-year-old girl.

The alleged sex attack relates to an incident in a park off College Way, Hayes, west London, in October last year.

Scotland Yard said the pair would appear before magistrates in Uxbridge today.

Police officers were called in by the girl's family after she returned home and said she had been raped.

A Met police spokesman said the charges were made following advice from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

"This is in relation to an alleged incident in west London in October 2009," he added.

"They are due to appear at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court on Thursday December 17 2009."

The alleged attack was investigated by officers from the Met's recently reorganised specialist Sapphire Unit.

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