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Boys' sentences for rape to be reviewed in July
Key takeaways
- Two 15-year-olds were given non-custodial sentences after attacking the girls in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, by a judge who said he wanted to "avoid criminalising these children unnecessarily".
- A third boy, now aged 14, was also convicted at Southampton Crown Court for his involvement in the second attack and an indecent images offence.
- Sir Keir Starmer previously announced that the "distressing" case would be referred to the Court of Appeal under the unduly lenient scheme.
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Curtis Lancaster South of England One of the girls was attacked in an underpass beside the River Avon The sentences of three teenage boys who were spared custody over the rape of two girls will be reviewed at the Court of Appeal in July.
Two 15-year-olds were given non-custodial sentences after attacking the girls in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, by a judge who said he wanted to "avoid criminalising these children unnecessarily".
A third boy, now aged 14, was also convicted at Southampton Crown Court for his involvement in the second attack and an indecent images offence.
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