Wellinborough boy charged with 22 sexual offences

The 15 year-old is accused of assaulting 10 girls

Author: Jon BurkePublished 28th May 2026

A 15 year-old boy has been charged with 22 sexual offences, after a Northamptonshire Police investigation.

The Wellingborough boy, who cannot be named due to his age, has been charged with:

Twelve counts of sexually assaulting a female

Three counts of assaulting a girl under 13 by touching

One count of raping a girl under 13

One count of assaulting a female 13 and over by penetration with a part of the body/thing

One count of raping a girl aged 13-15

Two counts of making an indecent photograph/pseudo photograph of a child,

One count of possessing a prohibited image of a child

One count of possessing extreme pornographic image/images portraying an act of intercourse/oral sex with a dead/alive animal.

The charges relate to incidents between the years 2022 and 2025, when it's claimed ten girls were sexually assaulted.

The boy will appear at Wellingborough Youth Court on June 23.

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