Boy, 12, abducted a toddler on a shopping trip and sexually assaulted him in a toilet block
The young defendant admitted kidnapping the child from those who were caring for him
A BOY of just 12 abducted a toddler before subjecting him to a terrifying sex ordeal in a toilet block.
The little victim was kidnapped from those who were caring for him while on a shopping trip and led away where he was assaulted.
The sick child, who is now 13, gave the tot, whose cannot be identified, bruising on his arms as he abused him, despite the little lad pleading to leave.
The teenager was today handed a two year Youth Rehabilitation Order and ordered to remain indoors from between 7pm and 7am for the next six months.
At Canterbury Crown Court Judge Heather Norton told the victim's family that she couldn't imagine "how terrifying" the ordeal had been.
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The defendant admitted kidnapping the child and sexually assaulting him in Folkestone, Kent, last year, but because of his age, he will not be held in a secure unit.
The judge told him: "These are very serious offences and if you were a grown up you would be going to prison for a very, very long time.
"You took away a very young child from those who were caring for him and took him into a toilet block where you assaulted him.
"It is clear the victim wanted to leave and you did not allow him to do so.
"He had some bruising on his arms, presumably where you were holding him to keep him.
"I can only begin to imagine the fear that that little boy's mother must have had when he could not be found.
"And I cannot begin to imagine the fear, the anxiety, the anger, the misplaced guilt on discovering what had happened to him and what could have happened."
Judge Norton added: "The family must have sat here thinking: 'Why is it all about (the attacker's) needs? What he requires. When is somebody going to talk about our little boy and the effect it has had on him and the nightmares he now has?”
She added: "I understand that but the law requires me to do that because he was 12 at the time.
"Ultimately, the sentence will have to be a sentence which is the best to reduce the risk that he might bring to others or indeed himself."
The teenager was also banned from going to Folkestone or unaccompanied to parks for the next two-and-a-half years.
Judge Norton told the family there were only two "stark" sentencing options open to her.
After the teenager left the court, the judge said: "I hope you understand that my powers are limited and he is now at a specialist unit well out of the area.
"But that should not be taken in no way shape or form that this was anything other than they were the most serious of offences and as I said, I cannot imagine just how terrifying it must have been for you to have lived through this.
"I hope that you and your child are on the road to recovery."
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