Girl ‘lied about rape for sweets’

An eight-year-old girl who said she was raped by two 10-year-old boys has used a virtual reality video to show jurors where the alleged offences happened.

As the video was played to the Old Bailey, she gave instructions for where the camera should go.

The girl was allegedly raped in a field near her home in west London in October 2009.

The boys, now aged 10 and 11, each deny two charges of rape and two charges of attempted rape of a child under 13.

The two boys cannot be identified for legal reasons.

Giving evidence via videolink from another room of the court, the girl told a police operator to point to a bush, a lift in a block of flats, a stairwell and two bin sheds.

It was at the second shed behind another building that she pointed out a gap in the fence, leading to a field.

The boys allegedly took the girl to these places looking for secluded spots to assault her.

The trial continues.

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