I'm not sure what the age of consent is there, but if she was under that age it would be considered rape. In the States even if she's over the age of consent it's still rape if the age difference is over 4 years. I'm not familiar with the laws there so who knows.
She was just 15 by a few months, so definately rape here as under age.
Requesting bail.....the cheek of some people. He will never be granted.
So he is accused of killing her and raping her on Sunday 15th November although all charges are thought to have taken place between Thursday 12th November and Monday 16th November. I assume the charges relating to LH were from Thursday 12th if this the day they maybe exchanged messages regarding where hey would meet etc. Blows out the equation that maybe the charges were from previously, had Kayleigh met LH before.
"The offences are said to have taken place between November 12 and November 16."
That means that they took place on November 13, 14 and 15.
So I assume that she stayed on the Friday and Saturday nights, when the alleged offences by LH took place, hence two charges for him.
Then the murder by SB on Sunday 15th.
Was Kayleigh that unfortunate to get away from one predator only to fall into the hands of another? I'm having a hard time getting my head around this
It is horrific to think that is what happened.
Could it have been, as others have suggested, that SB offered her a lift home on the Sunday ( LH doesnt drive apparently ) which was useful for Kayleigh as she could hardly ask her parents to collect her as she was not where she was supposed to be.
So LH has to have admitted to something surely ? Otherwise how do the police work out that there are 2 charges of sexual activity ?
I wonder if SB felt that Kayleigh should be willing to engage in sexual activity with him, since she was with his buddy LH, and when she wasn't...
BBC reporting that no plea has been made and that SB will be applying for bail this afternoon
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-leicestershire-34814954
For the police to say with certainty what date Kayleigh was raped and killed, and not put it between a range of dates, I think LH must have seen her alive on the Sunday or SB has admitted it.
number 5 and number 7 are back to back... the estate aerial image shows the position of - and relationship between - the two houses in relation to the avenue layout, and their proximity to the park.
very secluded... i.e. right at the edge of the development, and the van could be reversed right up to the front door of either.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/parents-kayleigh-haywood-murder-suspect-6862969