He was interrogated for four hours.
It was only 10 months after one of the bullies said it had just been a "joke" and police said there would be no charges.
The mum said:
"Our lives have been turned upside down and have changed for ever. And all on the word of a 10-year-old bully who decided to pick on my son."
"It has stolen his innocence completely. He is a different little boy. We have moved schools and moved areas, and all on the word of a stupid and evil bully making up a lie."
"It cannot go unpunished. What my son has been through would be bad enough for an adult, let alone a little boy."
"These are the worst bullies in the country and they will probably get away with it."She said:
"He had no idea what he was supposed to have done. We waited and, soon after, a social services man arrived."
"He also refused to tell me what the allegation was, only that it had been passed to the police. I was furious."
"He then told me that if I wanted to keep custody of my children – an older girl and younger boy – I must keep them away from my 10-year-old."
"We are a happy, close family living under one roof. How was I supposed to do that?"The family were kept in the dark until four weeks before they were told what offenses they heard the pupil committed and that he was being investigated.
The mum said:
"They told us he was being arrested on suspicion of two counts of rape and four of sexual assault."
"My son asked what that meant. He was so innocent, he didn’t even have a clue what the words meant."
"My stomach dropped, I thought there must have been a mistake. I didn’t want to let go of my boy but they refused to let me or his stepdad in as they questioned him."
"Apparently it was claimed the incident had happened at our home on a play date, so we couldn’t accompany him. We called his biological dad and he went in with him. I was beside myself. He was in there for four hours. How is that right? He is a child."The family finally learned the allegations had been made by three schoolkids who were meant to be the boy’s friends.
Speaking about the vile game the boys played, the mum said:
"My son was being bullied. The ringleader was turfed out of his house early by his mum, who wanted him out."
"Because he didn’t want to wait for schooltime alone, he created this game, but I wouldn’t let my son leave before it was the right time. As a result, he was always the bullied one. I had no idea."
"They told him because he was always the ‘loser’ they would make a rumour up about him to ‘ruin his life’. But this was a couple of months before the allegation. We told the police this but it was ignored."There then came an anxious wait to see if there would be a trial. She said:
"The police didn’t care about the impact on my son, who was a child and should have been treated as innocent until proven guilty."
"I was told they make charging decisions every 28 days, so every month I would call, only to be given no news."In that time, the family had a visit from a witness protection service agent. The lad's mum said:
"We were told if the case got the go-ahead my son would be the youngest person to face trial for one of the allegations. It made me physically sick."
"They told us that if it was given the green light for trial, the entire family would have to be given new identities. We would be moved and protected in the interests of our own safety."Not until after 10 months of suffering that the truth was made public:
"We got a letter telling us that for now there would be no charges but it’s open. That is not good enough. It is so wrong."DCI Pete Thorp, from Humberside Police’s Protecting Vulnerable People Unit, said:
"All appropriate action was taken at the time and we conducted a thorough investigation into the allegations. The Crown Prosecution Service made a decision not to prosecute and the matter is closed."
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