Schoolboy, 11, raped younger boy twice after luring him to wooded area
Schoolboy, 11, raped younger boy twice after luring him to wooded area
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AN 11-YEAR-OLD schoolboy raped a younger boy twice after luring him into the woods. The victim said the abuse made him feel "confused about his sexuality and his body". Daniel Hancox, now 26, manipulated his young victim and forcibly performed sexual acts upon him which had "devastating consequences for his emotional wellbeing".
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The victim courageously came forward later in life, having suffered years of torment. A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Tuesday heard the defendant showed the victim pornography in order to persuade the boy what he was doing was "normal". He raped the victim on two occasions on a discarded mattress in a wooded area, where he had taken him with a view to abusing him.
He also got the victim to touch his penis, performed oral sex upon him, and penetrated him with his finger. Sentencing, Judge Paul Hobson said: "The effect of what you did to (the victim) has been profound. Your actions had devastating consequences for his emotional wellbeing over the years.".
As an adult, the victim attended the wooded area and found the same mattress which he removed. He was later found by his parents and was described by his father, who said: "He was just rolling his head, he was past tears, he was gone.". The victim reported the abuse to police and Hancox, of Station Road, Cefn Coed, Merthyr Tydfil, was arrested.
He faced trial and was convicted by a jury of two counts of raping a boy under 13, causing/inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, causing a child to watch a sexual act, three counts of engaging in non-penetrative sexual activity with a boy under 13.
