A Fiji teenager charged with rape is among 25 people who will front the courts over 80 separate counts of sexual offences.
The 14-year-old boy is accused of raping his 12-year-old cousin in Suva last month.
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According to statistics released by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) for November 2021, there were 60 cases of alleged rape, one on criminal trespass with intent to commit rape, one for indecent assault, one for defilement and 16 sexual assault cases.
The statistics stated a 17-year-old boy was charged with the rape of a 13-year-old girl from his village while in another incident, a 17-year-old boy was charged with the rape of a 14-year-old girl.
There was one incident where a 13-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy were charged with the rape of a 10-year-old girl from their village.
There were 15 incidents where the victim and the accused were related to one another.
A 43-year-old man was charged with nine counts of rape and six counts of sexual assault of his 14-year-old daughter.
The accused allegedly started raping his daughter when she was 10 years old.
The accused was also charged with criminal intimidation for threatening to kill his daughter.
A 56-year-old man was charged with the rape of his 14-year-old daughter while in another incident, a 37-year-old man was charged with the rape of his 16-year-old daughter.
There was one incident where a 50-year-old man was charged with 16 counts of rape of his 14-year-old niece from 2016.
In another incident, a 23-year-old man was charged with eight counts of rape and two counts of sexual assault of his 11-year-old niece.
A 43-year-old man was charged with the rape and sexual assault of his 16-year-old stepdaughter while in another incident, a 32-year-old man was charged with the rape of his 11-year-old stepdaughter.
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A 41-year-old man was charged with the rape and sexual assault of his 11-year-old stepdaughter while in another incident, a 21-year-old man was charged with the indecent assault and sexual assault of his 30-year-old stepsister.
There was one incident where a 29-year-old man was charged with three counts of rape of his 16-year-old niece while in another incident, a 31-year-old man was charged with the rape of his 15-year-old niece.
A 22-year-old man was charged with the rape of his 5-year-old niece. The accused was also charged with criminal intimidation.
A 36-year-old man was charged with the rape of his 44-year-old wife. The accused was also charged with two counts of assault and one count of criminal intimidation for allegedly strangling his wife and threatening to kill her.
There was one incident where a 38-year-old man was charged with the rape of his 38-year-old wife, however, this matter was discontinued after the victim admitted to making a false complaint.
A 21-year-old man was charged with the rape of a 16-year-old girl. The accused was also charged with criminal trespass with the intent to commit rape.
A 19-year-old man was charged with the rape and sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl while in another incident, a 22-year-old man was charged with the rape of a 14-year-old girl from his village.
A 43-year-old man was charged with two counts of defilement of a 15-year-old boy.
There were two separate incidents where a 27-year-old man and a 19-year-old man were charged with the rape of a 20-year-old woman and a 16-year-old.
But both these matters were discontinued due to a false complaint and insufficient evidence.