Two attacks on 13-year-old girl alleged to have taken place in West Yorkshire in July 2013, police say

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Police have charged five boys in their early teens with the rape of a girl under 13.

West Yorkshire police said two boys aged 13 and three aged 14 had all been charged with rape of the child.

Two of them, one aged 13 and one 14, have been charged with two counts of rape of a child under 13, and one aged 13 has been charged with one count of rape of a child under 13 and sexual assault of a child under 13.

The other two, both aged 14, have been charged with one count of rape of a child under 13.

The charges relate to two alleged incidents involving the same person in the Calderdale area in July 2013, police have said.

All five have been released on bail and will appear at Calderdale youth court on 20 August.