Sentencing of two teenage boys spared jail in rape case sent to Court of Appeal

The sentences of two teenage boys who were spared jail for rape are being sent to the Court of Appeal after a review under the unduly lenient scheme, Sir Keir Starmer has announced.

The Prime Minister described the case as “distressing” and praised the “courage” of the victims who came forward.

Two girls were raped in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, by two 15-year-olds who were given non-custodial sentences by a judge at Southampton Crown Court, who said he wanted to “avoid criminalising these children unnecessarily”.

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