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Teenage boys sentenced for raping lone girls
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- Prosecutors said the assaults in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, in 2024 and 2025, were "brazenly filmed" on mobile phones, with footage showing the boys laughing and verbally encouraging each other.
- Two 15-year-old boys and a boy, 14, were previously convicted of rape following a trial at Southampton Crown Court.
- The 15-year-olds were given three-year Youth Rehabilitation Orders with intensive surveillance and supervision.
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Nikki Mitchell South of England home affairs correspondent, Southampton Crown Court Crown Prosecution Service One of the girls was attacked in an underpass beside the River Avon Three teenage boys who raped two lone girls in separate attacks have been sentenced.
Prosecutors said the assaults in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, in 2024 and 2025, were "brazenly filmed" on mobile phones, with footage showing the boys laughing and verbally encouraging each other.
Two 15-year-old boys and a boy, 14, were previously convicted of rape following a trial at Southampton Crown Court.
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