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Arndale Shopping Centre in Manchester

Two men arrested after boy raped at Manchester department store

The 14-year-old was attacked in a Debenhams store.

TWO MEN HAVE been arrested after a 14-year-old boy was raped in the toilets of a department store in Manchester.

The men, aged 55 and 41 are in police custody.

The boy was approached by two men at around 5.45pm on Saturday 2 June in the toilets of the Arndale Centre.

One of the men said to the boy:

Come with us, do what we say and if you try to run we’ll get you.

The men then led the boy out of the Arndale Centre and into Debenhams department store. He was taken by lift to an upstairs toilet where he was raped.

Two other men who were arrested on 23 August were bailed pending further inquiries.

Earlier this week police released images of two possible suspects, to which they said there was an overwhelming response.

Image: Greater Manchester Police

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    Mute jrbmc
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    Aug 24th 2012, 6:48 PM

    Sick fcukers !!! Castration is the only way to teach this kind!!

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    Mute Wes Freeman
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    Aug 24th 2012, 6:50 PM

    they deserve a lot worse than that, if i said what i’d love to see happen them it would only get deleted

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    Mute Klaus Flouride
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    Aug 25th 2012, 5:55 AM

    Who is red thumbing these comments?! Trolls or idiots? Those monsters should be violently castrated, raped and starved.

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    Mute Thomas Murtagh
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    Aug 24th 2012, 6:52 PM

    vile,disgusting. they should be beat to death with pick axes. poor child my prayers will be for him.

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    Mute Tony Stanley
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    Aug 24th 2012, 7:00 PM

    Castration without anaesthetic!

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    Mute cormac o'neill
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    Aug 24th 2012, 6:56 PM

    poor cub.how do people think they can get away with this.and whats the chances they get a 2year sentence.make you cross hi

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    Mute Les Rock
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    Aug 24th 2012, 8:24 PM

    They won’t in England Cormac..they actually have a hood legal system. This made my day.

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    Mute Vinny Healy
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    Aug 24th 2012, 10:56 PM

    Les your hardly basing your opinion how the well documented miscarriages of justice involving their justice system?

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    Mute Les Rock
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    Aug 25th 2012, 12:30 AM

    comparing it to ours Vinny?

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    Mute Alan
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    Aug 25th 2012, 7:51 AM

    Hood legal system??

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    Mute Jack Gleeson
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    Aug 24th 2012, 6:58 PM

    Just when you think the world can’t get any sicker. Truly distressing story.

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    Mute Annette Kelly
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    Aug 24th 2012, 9:35 PM

    i remember a case like this in the early 90′s in a roches store here and i wouldn’t let my son who was 7 at the time, use public toilets

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    Mute Jonathan Ryan
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    Aug 24th 2012, 7:01 PM

    Good old mob justice is the only thing these vile bastards deserve!!

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    Mute Joan Ruud Donnellan-Wijnen
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    Aug 24th 2012, 7:44 PM

    @ Jonathon.. I agree wholeheartedly.. Act like animals die like animals..

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    Mute Dexter Gordon
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    Aug 25th 2012, 1:41 AM

    Why compare these vile creatures to animals? It’s doing animals an injustice.

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    Mute Joseph O Reilly
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    Aug 24th 2012, 7:02 PM

    Time to get medieval on these sickos

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    Mute Emmie
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    Aug 24th 2012, 7:27 PM

    I don’t think any other stories I’ve read recently have made my blood boil as much as this. I really hope this boy gets the love and support he will desperately need to get through this.

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    Mute jonathan kerr
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    Aug 24th 2012, 7:05 PM

    if some1 accidently gave their names and address out over the internet then that person should get a noble peace prize.. rotten fcukers…

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    Mute OU812
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    Aug 24th 2012, 7:14 PM

    Feet first into a wood chipper would be my punishment of choice.

    Or maybe shotgun blast to the groin.

    Think I’d have to flip a coin.

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    Mute OU812
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    Aug 24th 2012, 7:44 PM

    Red thumbers can bite me.

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    Mute Wes Freeman
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    Aug 24th 2012, 7:54 PM

    or both! i’d happily volunteer for the task

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    Mute Goatboy
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    Aug 25th 2012, 1:13 PM

    Why not do both at the same time?

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    Mute Declan Mannix
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    Aug 24th 2012, 7:33 PM

    poor lad. desperate story. well done coppers. these two will be monitored for life after a very long and hopefully painful and distressing stint in prison.

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    Mute jonathan kerr
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    Aug 24th 2012, 7:07 PM

    who the hell would red thumb this article..?

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    Mute Jonathan Ryan
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    Aug 26th 2012, 2:36 AM

    The only people that would give ref thumbs must agree with and like what these filthy disgusting bastards did to that poor child.

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    Mute Jonathan Ryan
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    Aug 26th 2012, 2:36 AM

    The only people that would give red thumbs must agree with and like what these filthy disgusting bastards did to that poor child.

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    Mute Kenneth Bambrick
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    Aug 24th 2012, 7:43 PM

    a public hanging is in order “hanging by the balls that is”
    sick twisted animals.

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    Mute Niall F
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    Aug 24th 2012, 7:37 PM

    Sick. Vile, words can’t describe that. What is wrong with society??? All I’ll say is justice will be meted out in prison, the other lags won’t take too kindly to that story… As for the poor boy, what can you say?

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    Mute Gis Bayertz
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    Aug 24th 2012, 8:01 PM

    That is just sick. They should have their b**ls chewed off by a badger

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    Mute Les Rock
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    Aug 24th 2012, 8:27 PM

    1000 little nicks + cuts..then throw them in bath of vinegar and salt.

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    Mute Annette Kelly
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    Aug 24th 2012, 9:44 PM

    that sounds to generous but i agree

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    Mute Niall Ó Cionnaith
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    Aug 24th 2012, 8:14 PM

    Shocking stuff. They shouldn’t lock sex offenders up by themselves but in with the rest of the priosoners and brand them rapist, pedophile etc

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    Mute Trisha Brennan
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    Aug 24th 2012, 8:09 PM

    String ‘em up by the balls with rusty cheese wire.

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    Mute Mark fox
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    Aug 24th 2012, 8:28 PM

    I actually dont have word to describe how i feel about these two bastards!

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    Mute Chris Herdman
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    Aug 24th 2012, 9:32 PM

    Don’t bother with the courts, put them into a prison and make sure the other inmates know what they did, and let justice prevail.

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    Aug 24th 2012, 9:45 PM

    Makes me sick that zebra’s and wilder east die when these complete sick Phuk kers could be fed to lions n tigers…. I would subscribe to sky to watch it. Saddest of all…. Some lawyers will make money defending them…

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    Aug 24th 2012, 9:52 PM

    It’s high time child abuse was dealt with properly – it needs to be prison for natural life. But yeah I’m with the rusty cheese wire castration for these bastards

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    Mute Sean Mc Avinue
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    Aug 24th 2012, 10:38 PM

    Strap a cage around their balls and put a starving rat in.

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    Aug 24th 2012, 10:55 PM

    I think that poor little kid should get to decide their punishment and I hope whatever they get is slow degrading and painful!

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    Mute Mattser
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    Aug 25th 2012, 12:43 AM

    These men have made the decision to carry out this disgraceful act in broad daylight in the knowledge that they will more than likely be caught. Is this not a damning indictment of any justice system whereby the perpetrators of such a crime are happy enough to deal with the consequences, while the victim’s life is destroyed.

    If there were harsher punishments for people like these, maybe they would think twice about committing the crime.

    There are ‘civilised’ ways of making the remainder of these people’s natural lives a misery such as solitary confinement or alternatively methods such as those used in Guantanamo bay.

    As things stand, there is no justice. There is only the justice system.

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    Mute Stephen Matthews
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    Aug 25th 2012, 1:38 AM

    Boil them alive

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    Mute David Kelly
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    Aug 25th 2012, 9:06 AM

    They level of coverage this story is getting and the reaction are both totally disproportionate to the coverage/reaction in female rape cases. In both instance the lives are destroyed and there is some monster behind the sick act yet there seems to be more of an outpouring for male victims. just an observation

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    Mute Helena Hasler
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    Aug 25th 2012, 9:33 AM

    while I totally agree with you, the number of victims of male rape who come forward are still so small, I think the fact this boy came forward he obviously has the support from his family. But I think other female victims of rape would agree the damage that this kind of violation has on a male has the potential to be worse it would make them question their sexuality their masculinity. In saying all that the inner circle of hell are reserved for rapists and child molesters or if you believe in reincarnation slugs I think they’d return as slugs.

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    Mute Fay Fitzgerald
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    Aug 25th 2012, 7:41 AM

    It’s a honest question “Why is there
    so many people putting red thumbs up!”…you know deep inside you that you would hurt those 2 evil men,if did that to someone you loved!!!…

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    Mute John Conniffe
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    Aug 25th 2012, 10:53 AM

    If you’ve finished getting your jollies from treating this case as torture porn and indulging yourself in graphic fantasies of what you’d do to these two criminals, take a step back and look at how what you’re doing is similar in intention ( albeit not in severity ). You’re deriving pleasure and giving yourselves a nice warm glow from the idea of inflicting pain and humiliation. Irrespective of the reasons why they should be punished, and of course they should, you’re all kidding yourself if you claim this is about justice and order. Reply all you like, red thumb all you like, but make a distinction between counter-argument and hurling abuse.

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    Mute Pàdraig Nevins
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    Aug 25th 2012, 12:47 PM

    You are a muppet! They raped a 14 year old boy! There is no counter argument! Castration of these guys is too good for them! They should be hung by their balls! Raped man raped a 14 year boy!!!!

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    Mute bob
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    Aug 25th 2012, 1:13 PM

    john john john,When it comes to an pair of adult males ripping into a young boy,it does something to the average person.shock,anger,but mainly the thought of been that frightened boy,the pain the nightmare! so i appllaud people wanting their own justice! As i for one would be top of the queue if anyone touched my kids!

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    Aug 25th 2012, 7:10 AM

    slow torture everyday,this poor brave young man is going to severly affected by this for the rest if his life, an eye for an eye see how they like it

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    Mute Terry Brown
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    Aug 25th 2012, 8:45 AM

    My heart goes out to the dear lad and his family, how can you punish the offenders, some group will help them get lighter sentence, they will say that they the evil buggers had rough childhood, and a judge who is one of the sad sods on the bench will be lenient, it’s happened so many times before, let true justice return to our dear Old England, deport the swines.terry.

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    Mute Vinny Healy
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    Aug 24th 2012, 7:46 PM

    Complete idiotic statement

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    Mute John Keegan
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    Aug 25th 2012, 4:21 PM

    2 things first of all the red thumbers are either bleeding heart liberals or even paedophiles themselves .

    Secondly I was at a function last week where there were lots of kids as well as adults, when I went into the loo I noticed a friend of mine was standing and waiting out the bathroom door, when I asked him what’s up he told me that his 10 yr old son was in the cubicle and he wasn’t taking any chances with his safety, I just laughed because I thought at the time that he was mad , after reading this story I am now not so sure he was being over protective just sensible. As for those 2 sickos I would be banned if I said what I think should happen to the bastards.

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    Mute kieran fitzgerald
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    Aug 25th 2012, 9:50 AM

    The problem with castration is that in cases where it has been used, either physical or chemical, they will just use an implement as a substitute if/when they reoffend. And are often more prone to use violence on top of that.

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