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Manhunt launched after Ipswich woman ‘raped in her own home’
A manhunt is under way today after six to seven men, including at least one youth, were said to have conspired to rape a woman in her Ipswich home.
Suffolk Constabulary has confirmed it is looking for at least two people after charging a 16-year-old and an 18-year-old with sexually abusing the female.
The 16-year-old, who is from Ipswich but can not be identified due to his age, appeared before the town’s South East Suffolk Magistrates’ Court accused of three offences.
The hearing opened with the clerk of the court asking the boy to confirm his identity and then reading out the accusations he faces.
The first charge alleges that between September 1 and October 6 he raped a woman over the age of 16.
He is also accused of assault occasioning actual bodily harm on the same female.
The third charge is that he conspired with others to rape a woman over the age of 16. This is said to have taken place between September 1 and October 7.
Judge District Celia Dawson declined to release the boy on bail and remanded him into custody until his next hearing.
His case was committed to Ipswich Crown Court for a preliminary hearing later this month.
Police have said that another teenager, Trevond Rankin, of Alderman Road, Ipswich, has been charged with a number of offences relating to the same case.
He appeared in court on a separate occasion and his case has also been sent to crown court.
The 18-year-old is charged with false imprisonment, actual bodily harm, theft, rape and conspiring to rape a woman over the age of 16 between September 1 and October 7.
Police have said a 20-year-old man has been arrested during the same inquiry on suspicion of a drug offence.
A spokeswoman for Suffolk Constabulary confirmed officers are still looking for two more people in connection with the investigation.
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