Schoolboy rapist walks free despite failure to show remorse The boy, who lives on the Suffolk and Norfolk border, admitted two counts of rape at an earlier hearing. District Judge Dawson told the boy, who sat alongside his mother and father: "I have read the report and of course it gives me some cause for concern because of your attitude to what you did. I hope in a way that is you trying to be brave and tough things out, and that when you start work with the Youth Offending Team you will begin to think about what you did, about how serious it was, and about how badly this has affected (the girl). I hope you are aware if you don't change your attitude you may have very serious problems in the future. What you did was very, very wrong. Indeed you forced her to do something she did not want to do and didn't understand. A statement from the victim's mother said the girl has been left frightened and very upset by what happened. The judge told the boy: "That's an awful thing. She's only a little girl. After the sentencing, Yvonne Traynor, from Rape Crisis, said: "There needs to be some form of appropriate punishment. The courts are not set up for children, they are set up for adults. There is no point in getting a child to pay £300. Something has to be done to show to the offender and to the wider public that this is a serious crime, as well as to look at the reasons that made him do it. According to the Sentencing Council, the youth and immaturity of those found guilty of rape can be used as mitigating factors, when sentences are being passed. However, the guidelines also state that, "where the facts of a case are particularly serious," they do not have to have to be. In 2011, the latest year for which figures have been published, 30 juvenile rapists were given non-custodial sentences. In another case, last year, a teenager who repeatedly raped his nine year-old male cousin was handed a two year rehabilitation order by Judge John Harrow at Bournemouth Crown Court. The victim has special educational needs and the 15 year-old rapist, who cannot be named, has learning difficulties and "nothing would be served" by sending him to prison, the judge said.