A TRIO of teenagers have denied robbing and raping two 16-year-old schoolgirls in a park.

Two 14-year-olds, one from Catford and one from Eltham, and a 13-year-old from Catford, were charged following the incident close to Durham Hill Park, Downham, on November 23 last year.

Inner London Crown Court heard how the girls were lured off a bus in Bromley and subjected to a string of sex attacks.

They were then forced to hand over their mobile phones, the court heard.

A trial has been set for April 30.

The 13-year-old boy has denied two counts of rape and one chage of sexual assault.

One of the 14-year-olds denies two counts of rape and one count of attempted rape.

The other 14-year-old denies two counts of rape and two counts of sexual assault.

All the boys have been charged with two counts of robbery.

They have all have been granted bail.