A 13-year-old schoolboy raped his eight-year-old sister after watching pornography on an X-Box computer console, a court has heard.

The teenager told police he used the games console to view explicit material before he 'decided to try it out'.

The boy said he targeted his younger sister because she was small and 'couldn't remember stuff'.

 

Pornography: The boy used his X-Box console to view adult material before 'deciding to try it out' on his sister because she was small and 'couldn't remember stuff' (file picture)

At Blackburn Magistrates Court yesterday the boy admitted rape, indecent assault and inciting his sister to perform a sexual act on him.

The youngster, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, has been bailed to live with relatives away from his sister while a pre-sentence report is being prepared.

Fiona Elvines, from the Rape Crisis Charity, said that children accessing pornography was a ‘growing concern’.

She said: 'This is going to completely destabilise this little girl’s life.

'It will take her a very long time to try and work through. It will have put her life on a different track and I do not want that to happen to anybody else.'

Ms Elvines told the Lancashire Telegraph 'For a long time, people have been sitting on the fence and saying we do not have the evidence to say porn is harmful, but now we are starting to have some evidence around young people’s exposure.

'How much evidence do you need? It shows that the government’s measures are extremely important and that we need to start acting.

'When children see porn, they have no context for what it is used for. There is pressure on children to be sexualised, particularly on younger boys, to start having sex.

'It is coming from peers and porn.'

 

Ban: The Government has said that by the end of 2014 users of all internet devices - including games consoles and computers - will be automatically blocked from viewing adult content

The youngster has now been sent to live with relatives away from his sister before he is sentenced at Blackburn Magistrates Court (pictured)

The government has said that by the end of 2014 all devices with access to the internet will be blocked from accessing pornography, with users forced to opt in.

The X-Box customer support website says explicit content and internet access can be restricted using parental controls.

Microsoft, the company which makes the console, said: 'We have the greatest sympathy for all involved in this case.

'At Microsoft we have some of the most robust systems that allow parents to control what their children play and watch online.

'For example, access to the internet is switched off automatically for all child accounts on X-box, and we urge parents to review the settings on their children’s consoles.'

In November last year a 12-year-old boy admitted three charges of rape against his sister, aged under 10, after he watched pornography at school and went home to copy what he had seen.

The abuse took place over the course of a year and was only discovered after the girl confided in a family member.

The boy was given a three-year youth rehabilitation order and will continue to live at the family home.

He was ordered to register as a sex offender for two-and-a-half years.

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The level of disgusting is just too damn high... This is why we lose faith in humanity... Just disgusting... People like that should never exist yet they do, the fact that he made bail is just even worse... Like I get he is 13 but are you kidding me? His sister's life just got ruined and he is free to do whatever he wants... What is wrong with this world?

How will ms spin this?

at replies you guys are no fun.

The Xbox One is so hardcore it will make teenagers commit incest ( and probably other things as well)

why should they have to?   porn is availible on just about any device with internet access.

It's obvious the kid's just twisted. If he hadn't seen it on the One, he would've seen it somewhere else or done it to someone else.

Why would they need to spin this? It's the author of the article that's spun it to involve the Xbox. The kid could just have easily have watched it on a computer or smart phone.

It's not MS fault.

Something must be mentally wrong with a 13 year old that rapes his 8 year old sister because he saw it on the internet. I know he's a kid, but a 13 year old would be stupid to not know that even a 3 year old could remember something like this. When I was that age, I wasn't raping my 10 year old sister after watching porn.

People Random15 obviously made a joke....

Also this is seriously fucked up, but why is this in gaming discussions?