Shock as two boys of 12 are charged with raping a six-year-old girl at northern beaches school

TWO 12-year-old boys have been charged over the sexual assault of a six-year-old girl in the toilets of a school in Sydney’s northern beaches, police revealed.

TWO 12-year-old boys allegedly raped a six-year-old girl in a school toilet block.

Police revealed they had charged the boys over two alleged attacks at the northern beaches public school, which cannot be named for legal reasons, last month.

The girl told Child Abuse Squad officers the boys attacked her in early August and again a week later.

Both the boys have been charged with multiple counts of aggravated sexual assault and sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 10.

After the second alleged encounter with the boys, the girl told someone at the school and her parents were informed.

The boys are Year 6 students and the girl is believed to be in Year 1.

The Education Department then contacted police. Both boys were charged on Tuesday after attending an appointment with police.

One boy, charged with four counts of aggravated sexual assault and two counts of sexual intercourse with a child under 10, was granted bail and is due to appear at Children’s Court on September 22.

The two boys were charged at Chatswood police station.

His co-accused, charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault and sexual intercourse with a child under 10, was also granted bail to appear at Children’s Court on October 20.

Letters were mailed to other parents at the school yesterday informing them of the accusations. Some parents told The Daily Telegraph they were angry they weren’t told earlier.

“It’s more horrific that parents haven’t been advised. There are ways of letting parents know without telling the children,” one parent said.

“It’s disgraceful, where do they get ideas like that? What’s happening at home?”

Another mother said: “I’m just horrified we haven’t been told, I’m gutted actually.

“I would have expected more from our principal.”

A father said every class had a parent liaison officer and the school should have informed parents. The principal and other teachers declined to comment on the issue yesterday, saying it remained an ongoing police investigation.

Police said in a statement it was a delicate investigation.

“Parents and carers of students at the school are in the process of being notified and police request the community respect the privacy of the young people involved,” police said.

The Education Department released a short statement yesterday saying the matter “is currently under police investigation” and the department was “working closely with NSW Police”.