A TEENAGE boy has admitted raping a woman in her 70s.

The 14-year-old, who cannot be named, appeared at Oxford Crown Court this morning and entered a guilty plea to one count of rape.

The boy raped the pensioner in Banbury on November 12 after asking to be let into her house to talk about the war.

Judge Julian Hall told the defendant: "What you did was dreadful."

The boy, who left the dock in tears, was remanded in secure accommodation to be sentenced on January 20.