Five charged over rape of teenage girl in Kent

Five males - three aged 16 or under - have been charged over the rape of a teenage girl in Kent.

Four of them are Romanian, while one of the 16-year-olds is British.

On Tuesday, Kent Police received reports a teenage girl had been raped in Gravesend between 25 March and 19 April.

Two men and three boys were subsequently arrested.

Ionut Dobre, 33, of Cleanthus Road, Woolwich, was charged with rape on 24 April alongside two 16-year-olds and a 15-year-old, all from Gravesend.

Benone Inofte, 46, of Salisbury Road, Gravesend, was charged the same day with aiding and abetting a rape.

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They appeared at Medway Magistrates' Court on Friday and will next appear at Woolwich Crown Court on 22 May.

Both men were remanded into custody.

Two of the boys were remanded into youth detention and the third was released into the care of the local authority.

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