Two 10-year-old boys were charged yesterday evening with raping an eight-year-old girl.
In March, it was reported that an eight-year old boy became the youngest person to be questioned by police on suspicion of rape. The boy was held after a girl aged under 10 claimed he had attacked her, but detectives who questioned him were powerless to arrest or charge the boy because of his age.
In 2004, 12-year-old Kyle Abdo became Britain's youngest-known rapist after he was convicted of attacking a nine-year-old girl. Abdo, who was 11 at the time of the incident, attacked the girl during a game of hide-and-seek at his home.
In February last year, a boy who admitted raping a seven-year-old girl when he was 11 became one of the youngest children to be convicted of the offence in Britain. The boy who could be named for legal reasons, carried out the attack during a drunken truth-or-dare game. The boy drank four cans of lager and two miniature bottles of vodka before the assault.
The rock bottom part - Brown and his government want to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14.