A TEENAGE boy has been charged with several child sex crimes.
The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared in Oxford Magistrates' Court on Wednesday (January 3) with four charges to his name.
He has been charged with four counts of inciting a girl aged between six and nine, to engage in sexual activity between 2016 and 2020.
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The Oxfordshire teen appeared in the lower courts in the morning for his first hearing.
He is now due back in the same court on January 31.
The name of the boy cannot be published as he is automatically given anonymity under Section 49 of the Children and Young Persons Act due to him being under 18 years of age.
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