The first month of this year saw a total of 34 reported serious sexual offence cases.

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions says 14 people were charged with a total of 34 separate incidents in January.

There were 28 rape cases, 1 attempted rape, 1 indecent assault and 4 sexual assault cases.

9 victims were under the age of 18 years.

There was one incident of rape where the accused is a 60-year-old grandfather and the victim is his 8-year-old grandson.

The youngest victim was a 5-year-old and the accused was a 50-year-old man.

There were 5 offences where the victims were related to the accused persons.