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Peterhead teen raped girl, 12, at party

Glasgow High Court
Glasgow High Court

An apprentice engineer has admitted raping a 12-year-old girl during a party.

Nabil Romero Bowers pleaded guilty to placing the schoolgirl on a bed and having sex with her at a house in Peterhead.

The incident happened between March 1 and June 30 last year.

The High Court in Glasgow heard that after the incident, rumours circulated that the girl had been raped by 19-year-old Bowers.

A friend asked her on a social networking site if the rumours were true, to which she replied: “He was drunk and I didn’t know what was happening and it happened for two seconds cos I didn’t want to do it.”

Advocate depute Rosemary Guinnane told the court today: “Prior to this incident she had not been involved in a sexual relationship.

“Afterwards she told a friend that something had happened that she hadn’t wanted.

“The girl later said she was crying when she made this disclosure.”

The girl did not initially tell her mother, but finally blurted out what had happened on August 13 last year.

When Bowers, of Viking Way, Peterhead, was questioned by police he admitted having sex with her.

He said he stopped when she said it was painful and added he believed she was 14. The court was told Bowers previously lived in Spain where the age of consent is 14.

However, he told police he knew the age of consent in the UK was 16.

Ms Guinnane added: “The girl told police that the accused had sex with her and that she did not consent to what had taken place, although there is no suggestion that she specifically voiced that lack of consent prior to sex having taken place.”

The court heard that the girl has found school life difficult as a result of this incident. Judge Lord Turnbull deferred sentence on Bowers until next month and placed him on the sex offenders’ register.