PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — A 14-year-old boy has become the seventh person charged in a brutal sexual attack on a young man in Prince George, B.C., last week.
The boy is accused of aggravated sexual assault, aggravated assault and unlawful confinement in the attack on Jan. 7, in which a teenaged victim was beaten and sexually assaulted before being found in a snowbank.
A second boy was also assaulted in the incident.
Four other juveniles ranging in age from 15 to 17 are facing similar charges, along with two adults — 18-year-old Hayden Alwood and 20-year-old Mercedes Jewett.
The charges were laid after what police called a “disturbing” attack in which the victims were targeted and lured to an apartment building where the assaults took place.
Police have not revealed a motive for the attacks.