If you google 'young men raping old women' you'll find more than a few..and they're NOT Travellers.
I agree though, it is an horrific crime, and any man who does this should be severely punished, as should any man who does this to any woman regardless of her age.
I've just put a link in the 'Dale Farm' thread about gangs who are threatening and abusing Gypsy families, and there have been reports of rape there too.
Terrible, *wherever* it happens and *whomsoever* the victim or perpertrator should be.