Vic: Police charge two more boys over park rape

AAP General News (Australia)
12-17-2009
Vic: Police charge two more boys over park rape

MELBOURNE, Dec 17 AAP - Police have charged another two teenage boys over the alleged
pack rape of two teenage girls in Melbourne's north in October.

It brings the number of boys charged to four.

A 16-year-old boy from Broadmeadows was charged with four counts of rape and a 17-year-old
boy from Coolaroo has been charged with two counts of rape.

Both teens are expected to appear before a Children's Court on Thursday afternoon.

The 15-year-old girls were allegedly targeted by a group of up to 10 males at Broadmeadows
railway station in Melbourne's north before being separated and raped at a park in nearby
Roxburgh Park on October 24.

A 16-year-old boy of Meadow Heights and a 15-year-old boy of Broadmeadows have already
been charged with rape over the incident and will appear in court next year.

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KEYWORD: PARK CHARGES

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