Infant rape is happening all over the place, not just in South Africa

... all these examples are from the BBC website

England - Law chief reviews baby rape terms. 2006

Two babysitters who raped a 12-week-old baby are to have their jail sentences reviewed by the Lord Chief Justice.

Alan Webster, 40, and his girlfriend Tanya French, 19, both from Hatfield in Hertfordshire, pleaded guilty to rape. Webster and French raped the baby girl and took photographs of the abuse. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/4848802.stm

Scotland - Judge to decide paedophile's fate. 2004

Sheriff Mackie [Scotland] said that Aitken made "a conscious decision" to collect images of young girls and infants being cruelly raped, sodomised and forced to perform oral sex. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4652159.stm

Zambia - Should child rapists be castrated? 2004

Zambian police say that 400 cases of child rape were reported in the first half of 2003 - a 68% increase on the previous year. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3240736.stm

Wales - Man jailed for attempted baby rape

A north Wales man has been jailed for life for the attempted rape of a baby girl. 2002 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1939484.stm

France - French test 'chemical castration' 2002

Now almost a quarter of male detainees in French jails - or 8,200 people - are sex offenders and nearly three-quarters of those have raped small children.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4170963.stm

These are just some of the many examples of abuse of very small children, the numbers may not be as high as in South Africa, but it is just as brutal and just as appalling.

Lesley Rudd