A 17-year-old appeared in court today in the North charged with raping a woman and attempting to rape her six-year-old daughter.
The teenager was also charged with gross indecency against the little girl when he appeared at Lisburn Magistrates' court in Co Antrim.
In total he faced 15 charges linked to a break-in at a house in Lisburn in the early hours of Saturday morning.
He was remanded in custody to appear at the same court by video link on December 6th.
The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was also charged with causing actual bodily harm to the mother, assault and injurious imprisonment of both mother and daughter and indecently assaulting both of them.
He was further charged with threatening to kill the mother and the little girl and possession of an offensive weapon, namely a knife.
He also faced two charges of entering a property as a trespasser with intent to rape mother and daughter and entering a property as a trespasser armed with a knife with intent to rape the two.
The court was told by a detective constable that when charged, the teenager made no reply to the rape charge and said: "No" to the remaining 14 charges. However, the officer told the court he believed he could connect the accused to the charges.
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