A 12-year-old girl taken to hospital with stomach pains was pregnant with her teen brother’s baby at the time and gave birth soon after, a court heard
The girl was aged just 11 when she was raped by her 14-year-old sibling in the family home.
Swansea Crown court heard how the children were part of a “dysfunctional” household where the parents exercised little control and and created “blurred sexual boundaries” with a culture of “secrecy and lies”.
The now 16-year-old dad – who cannot be named for legal reasons – previously pleaded guilty to two counts of statutory rape when he appeared for sentencing.
Georgina Buckley, prosecuting, said the offending came to light when the girl was rushed to hospital in Carmarthenshire in the early hours of the morning suffering with severe stomach pains. Within a couple of hours she had given birth.
The court heard a midwife carefully asked the girl whether she had had sex and the youngster replied that she didn’t know.
When asked if she had consented she said she thought so but wasn’t sure.
Miss Buckley said it was not clear whether the girl realised she was pregnant or not.
She told a midwife she had not known but she was overheard telling other people in hospital that she had known.
The authorities became involved and the girl’s teenage brother was interviewed by police.
He admitted to officers that he and his sibling had been “wrestling” downstairs on one occasion while their parents were out and they had then gone upstairs to wrestle on the bed as it was more comfortable.
He said they had begun kissing before each removing their own clothes and then having sex.
The prosecutor said there were no suggestions that any coercion or threats had been involved in the incident.
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