Five people have appeared in court charged with rape and other sexual offences after a teenage girl was allegedly attacked.
Two men and three boys appeared at Medway Magistrates’ Court following the alleged incident in Gravesend.
Benone Irofte, 46, and Ionut Dobre, 33, appeared via video link.
While the teenagers, including two 16-year-old boys and one aged 15, appeared in person and sat in the well of the court. They cannot be named for legal reasons.
It’s alleged that a teenage girl, from the London area, was raped and sexually assaulted at a private property in Salisbury Road between March 25 and April 19.
An investigation was launched and two men and three boys were arrested.
Ionut Dobre, of Cleanthus Road, Woolwich, was charged with rape earlier today (April 24) alongside the three teenagers, who are all from Gravesend.
Benone Inofte, of Salisbury Road, was charged the same day with aiding and abetting a rape.
District Judge Stephen Leake told the court all five would next appear at Woolwich Crown Court on Friday, May 22.
Irofte, of Salisbury Road, Gravesend, was refused bail by the judge and remanded in custody along with Dobre.
Two of the boys were remanded into youth detention, and the third was released into the care of the local authority.
Four of those charged, including both men, are Romanian nationals. One of the 16-year-olds is British.
