surely this is really abuse..putting 2 12 year old's and a 6 year old through such trauma?
www.smh.com.au/nsw/police-ordered-to-pay...20170920-gylb89.html
Police ordered to pay legal costs as rape charges against two boys, 12, dropped
Two boys who were accused of raping a six-year-old girl at a school on Sydney's northern beaches have had their charges withdrawn, and have been awarded thousands of dollars in legal costs.
NSW Police were ordered to pay one boy $11,315 and the other $9746 during a hearing at Parramatta Children's Court on Tuesday.