A TEENAGE boy has avoided jail after pleading guilty to engaging in sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl.

The Oxfordshire teen, 17, appeared at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on August 21 charged with one count of engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a girl aged 15.

He pleaded guilty in March this year to the offence which took place in Harwell on June 24, 2022 when he was aged 15 himself.

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Both defendant and complainant cannot be named in this case for legal reasons.

At the lower court this month, he was handed a six-month referral to a Youth Offending Team.

He was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £26. There were no orders for compensation or court costs.

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