A 13-year-old B.C. boy has been acquitted of sexual assaulting an 11-year-old girl during a 'meet up' arranged through social media. The boy said he thought she was 12. (CBC News - image credit)

_WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC DETAILS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS BETWEEN MINORS._

He was a little past 13. And she was just shy of her 12th birthday.

They connected on social media, arranging a middle school meet up that ended in sexual contact. After, they both said "I love you."

Two days later, she accused him of sexual assault — a charge he denied.

THE AGE OF CONSENT

The trial that followed saw the boy acquitted in a shocking case that highlights issues of sex between minors and exceptions to the age of consent in Canada.

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