12 people charged with a total of 30 counts of separate serious sex offences in April

12 people were charged with a total of 30 counts of separate serious sex offenses in April.

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions says of the 12 people charged, two were juveniles.

A 14-year-old boy was charged with the rape of a 5-year-old boy from his village while a 16-year-old boy was charged with three counts of rape and one count of attempted rape of a 16-year-old girl from his school.

There were 19 cases of rape, 1 case of attempted rape and 10 cases of sexual assault in April.

There were 14 victims of whom 7 victims were under the age of 18 years.

Of the 14 victims, 1 was male and 13 were female victims.

There were five incidents where the victims and the accused were related to one another.

A 44-year-old man was charged with four counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault of his 14-year-old daughter while in another incident a 44-year-old man was charged with representative counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault of his 12-year-old stepdaughter.

There was one incident of marital rape where a 43-year-old man was charged with the rape of his 28-year-old wife while heavily intoxicated.

A 52-year-old man was charged with the rape of a 15-year-old girl and two 18-year-old women on different occasions.

A 43-year-old man was charged with the sexual assault of his 30-year-old former partner. He is also charged with assault causing actual bodily harm, abduction with intent to confine, aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, theft, damaging property, and criminal intimidation.

There was one incident where a 32-year-old man was charged with the rape of a 20-year-old woman after a drinking party, while in another incident, a 20-year-old man was charged with three counts of the rape of a 15-year-old from his village.