Children are accused of sexual assault

The mother of the victim says that the attackers, who are both under ten years of age, should face some sort of action.

She said her four-year-old son has been scarred for life after the attack on Friday evening, October 5, when he was strangled, had his trousers pulled down and molested by the older boys believed to be aged eight and nine.

The incident occurred when the young boy and his friend were out playing around 7pm. The older boys hit one of the other boys also believed to be four and attempted but failed to pull down his trousers.

Since the incident another woman claimed that the same two boys tried to molest a three year old boy on Sunday in the same area.

The mother of one of the victims said that she was only made aware of the attack when her son, described as a ‘live wire’, had come in and began acting unusually quiet. She put his odd behaviour down to tiredness but when he was picked up he started to cry hysterically.

The boy’s mother said, “It is not as though the boy just came into the house crying. When he started to cry, like that, I knew there was something wrong.”

He complained of soreness and told her what had happened.

The family panicked and went at first to the out of hours GP and then to Garnerville Police Station where they spent many hours talking to the police. When the boy talked to professionals he went into more detail of the incident and told how he was strangled and then held down.

“The details were very hard for a mother to hear,” said the shocked mum. “What my child has gone through has been horrific which is why I am keen to have this highlighted.”

The boy has been spoken to by social workers and other professionals. When he was physically examined under general anaesthetic a tear was found. Police told the mother that there is little they can do to prosecute the other boys.

The woman said that the incident has left her son and the family utterly traumatised. She said that her son has had to be put on diazepam and claims that his behaviour has changed dramatically since the attack. She claims that her son has been left frustrated, he has started to spit, punch people and even pulled his sister to the ground.

“We have been told that the police cannot do anything because the children are under 10,” said the boy’s mother.

“Some people in the area are claiming that it did not happen and that my child made it up but believe me it did happen. Why would my son lie about this? Why would I lie about this? Why would we spend many hours at the police station, talking to social workers and other professionals if it was a lie. People need to waken up to what is happening. Why would I allow my son to be medically examined if it were a lie.?

“People need to know what is happening. These two boys are out roaming the streets and getting away with this. Obviously the parents of the two boys want to protect them, I understand that but we need to protect our children too. I fear that this could happen again so something needs to be done to protect our children.

“I don’t want to go out all guns blazing but at the same time I want the police to act upon this and do something. Why should our children be afraid to go out in the streets because of these two boys? If my child did something I would not let them out. I am appalled that the police cannot do anything because they are just eight or nine years of age.

“What these children did was not normal behaviour. The parents of the two boys need to realise that. I feel that the police do not know how to handle it. I am finding it hard to deal with it myself and my child will be scarred for life.

“All I can do is to give him a hug and kiss and tell him I will be there for him to protect him. I do not want this pushed under the carpet. It is so serious something needs to be done about it. It is not appropriate behaviour. What are the police doing to protect our children? What are the schools doing to protect our children and the social workers what are they doing?

“I did not ask for it to happen. It is not my fault or my son’s fault that this has happened but it has happened and it needs to be dealt with.

“If the boys carried this out, they need to be prosecuted under criminal law.”