A youth aged 17 pleaded guilty to four offences of rape when he appeared on a video link at Bradford Crown Court today.

The teenager, who cannot be identified because of his age, was warned that a custodial sentence was “almost inevitable” when he is sentenced on May 3.

The youth, who is being held in a secure care centre, raped two girls.

The case was adjourned for the preparation of reports from an adolescent psychiatrist and the probation service.

The youth must register as a sex offender from today.

Judge Jonathan Rose asked the probation service to consider the possibility of danger-ousness in their report.