NSW police have charged three 17 year-old boys over the alleged rape of a 17 year-old girl at a home in Sydney. Photograph: Steven Saphore/AAPView image in fullscreenNSW police have charged three 17 year-old boys over the alleged rape of a 17 year-old girl at a home in Sydney. Photograph: Steven Saphore/AAPThree boys charged over alleged rape of teenage girl in Sydney homeThe 17-year-olds were charged over an alleged attack in Sydney’s south-west on Saturday
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Three teenage boys have been charged over the alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl at a home in Sydney’s south-west on Saturday.
The three 17-year-old boys were arrested on Wednesday after the girl was allegedly attacked.
New South Wales police searched several homes in the Macarthur region and seized electronic devices as part of their investigation, they said in a statement on Thursday.
One of the boys has been charged with 11 offences, including six counts of aggravated sexual assault in company with others and three counts of rape, police said.
Another of the boys was charged with six counts of sexual assault in company with others, rape and common assault.
The third boy was charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault in company with others.
All three were kept in custody by police overnight and were due to appear in a children’s court on Thursday.
