His father asked the judge if his son would be able to return home once he left the treatment unit, to which she replied: 'I cannot answer that. 'When you come out of the treatment unit at 16 you will still have police monitoring you until the age of 19.'īecause the boy has no previous convictions and is under the age of 15, he would have to be a persistent offender to receive a custodial sentence, Judge Bopa-Rai said. Judge Bopa-Rai warned him: 'If you bump into anyone under the age of 16 then you have to walk away - you cannot associate with them. The boy, who is now aged 14 but was 12 when he raped his sister, became addicted to hardcore pornography
