A 15-year-old boy has been charged with two rapes and other sexual offences against 10 girls.
The boy, from Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, is accused of 22 sexual offences between 2022 and 2025.
He cannot be named because of his age.
The boy has been charged with 12 counts of sexually assaulting a female, three counts of assaulting a girl under 13 by touching, and one count of raping a girl under 13.
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He is also charged with one count of assaulting a female aged 13 and over by penetration with a part of the body/thing, one count of raping a girl aged 13-15, two counts of making an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child, and one count of possessing a prohibited image of a child.
The boy faces a further charge of possessing an extreme pornographic image or images.
He will appear at Wellingborough Youth Court on 23 June.
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