A 15-year-old boy charged with sexual offences against eight girls, including one who was 10 years old, has appeared in court. The complainants were aged between 10 and 15 at the time, Wellingborough Youth Court heard. The teenager, who cannot be named because of his age, faces 22 charges relating to alleged incidents between 2023 and 2025, including rape. Details of where the offences took place have been withheld to protect the alleged victims' right to anonymity. His bail conditions included not to contact the alleged victims and to have no unsupervised contact with females under 16.