Teen boys charged after ‘vulnerable young woman and two girls under 16 raped’

The outside of Taunton Magistrates’ Court Credit: Alamy TWO teenage boys have been charged after a vulnerable young woman and two girls under 16 were allegedly raped. The alleged offences happened at addresses in North Somerset, western Somerset and in Cornwall, police said. Two teen boys from Somerset have been charged with rape Credit: Getty The teens, both from Somerset, were remanded into youth detention after appearing at Taunton Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. Avon and Somerset Police said the charges relate to a vulnerable young woman and two teenage girls, aged under 16. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! A 17-year-old has been charged with three counts of rape of a girl aged under 16 and one count of non-fatal strangulation. He was also charged with one count of assault by causing actual bodily harm. A 16-year-old has also been charged with three counts of rape of a girl aged under 16 and one count of rape of a woman aged 16 or over. He was also charged with one count of non-fatal strangulation and one count of assault causing bodily harm. Neither boy can be named due to their age with police adding their “self-defined ethnicity is white British”. They are being held in a youth detention centre pending a further hearing at Taunton Crown Court on September 25. Most read in The Sun