Overview
- Police say a woman was threatened and raped at a property on June 21 and a specialist Avon and Somerset team, Operation Bluestone, led a multi‑week inquiry into the claim.
- Detectives carried out coordinated, pre-planned arrests across Weston-super-Mare and Worle on July 9 as part of the operation.
- On July 11 four teenagers were formally charged and remanded to appear at Taunton Magistrates’ Court; two defendants are named as Tommy Campbell, 19, and Rio Welling, 18.
- Charges authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service include multiple counts of rape, false imprisonment and assault with two 17‑year‑old suspects granted legal anonymity under UK law.
- Police say the victim has been kept updated and is receiving support from specially trained officers and the case will progress through pre-trial procedures at the magistrates’ court.