Teenage boys among five charged over alleged rape of girl in Gravesend

Two men and three teenage boys have been charged following the alleged rape of a girl in Kent.

Kent Police officers received reports on Tuesday that a teenage girl had been raped at a private property in Gravesend between March 25 and April 19.

Two men and three teenage boys were arrested on Tuesday and Wednesday, the force said in a statement on Friday night.

Ionut Dobre, 33, of Cleanthus Road, Woolwich, was charged with rape on Friday, alongside two 16-year-olds and a 15-year-old – who cannot be named for legal reasons – all from Gravesend.

Benone Inofte, 46, of Salisbury Road, Gravesend, was also charged on Friday with aiding and abetting a rape.

They appeared at Medway Magistrates’ Court on Friday and will next appear at Woolwich Crown Court on May 22.

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Both men were remanded into custody.

Two of the boys were remanded into youth detention, and the third was released into the care of the local authority, Kent Police said.