By Nqobile Mafu
A PAIR of twins have been jailed after repeatedly raping and sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl over a period of months.
Steven
and Stanley Muchemwa, aged 31, were given 14 and 15 year sentences
respectively at Bolton Crown Court after a judge branded
the abuse "particularly shocking".
The
offences occurred at the twins' home in Dunsop Drive, Bolton, where
both men raped her, usually in their bedroom and sometimes when
other children were also sleeping in the same room.
Giving
evidence during the trial, the girl said that, when Steven first
raped her in 20016, his brother Stanley had walked into the room
while it was happening but had taken no action to stop it.
Prosecuting,
Kathryn Johnson said: "Stanley had seen what his brother was
doing. It was following that, that Stanley started to rape her.
"He
would tell her he was teaching her what to do for when she had a
boyfriend."
The
girl confided in her head teacher in October 2016, in what the judge
described as a "brave decision".
The
girl's teacher said she was in an "extremely distressed state"
when she began to explain her experiences.
Stanley
had told the girl she would get into trouble if she told anyone about
what had been happening.
Following
a trial earlier this year, Stanley was found guilty of one count of
sexual assault of a child under 13 and four counts of rape of a child
under 13.
His
brother Steven was found guilty of two counts of sexual assault and
seven counts of rape, both of a girl under 13.
He
was also found guilty of one count of assault on a female, and a
further count of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual
activity.
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