Rape survivor Gisèle Pelicot has said she is “deeply shocked” that three teenage boys have avoided jail sentences after raping two young girls in Hampshire. The 73-year-old French woman testified against her husband Dominique Pelicot, after he repeatedly drugged her and invited dozens of men to rape her in a case that shocked both France and the world. Having waived her own anonymity, Ms Pelicot “saluted the strength” of one of the girls for speaking out after the attack. The victims, then aged 15 and 14, were raped in two separate incidents in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, by two 15-year-olds, while a third 14-year-old was charged with encouraging one of the other defendants. The three teenage boys received youth rehabilitation order sentences, after the judge said he wanted to avoid “criminalising” the “very young” boys. One of their victims told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme: “The words hit like a rock straight in my face.“He (the judge) almost made it seem as if what the boys did was not OK, but it was OK in the eyes of the law because they were still children.”Speaking to BBC Breakfast, Ms Pelicot said she was "deeply shocked that these individuals were in fact able to gain their freedom again when in fact the victims are suffering so hard they will never be able to heal".She added she hoped her own story "was useful for her to make that decision" to come forward. "I really salute her strength and the decision she made, because I know that it's an incredibly difficult decision,” she said. Sir Keir Starmer said it is “right” that their sentences are being urgently reviewed, and described it as an “appalling case”. In a post on X after the victim’s BBC interview, the prime minister said: “This is a harrowing and brave testimony.“The girls at the heart of this case have shown extraordinary bravery and strength in heinous circumstances.“This is an appalling case and it is right that law officers are urgently reviewing the sentences.”The chief secretary to the prime minister told the BBC: “Those girls deserve justice, as do their families, both for them, but also for other girls that are put in that position.“And quite frankly, other boys need to know that they can’t behave in that way and get away with it.”He suggested a review of the sentences by the Attorney General under the unduly lenient scheme would be completed quickly, adding: “We all want to look at this urgently, and the Attorney General’s made that commitment.”Attorney General Lord Richard Hermer has 28 days from the date of the sentencing hearing, or until June 18, to refer the case to the Court of Appeal, but Mr Jones said he would make a decision more quickly.Jodie Mittel KC, prosecuting, told the trial one of the girls, who was 15 at the time, had visited one of the defendants in November 2024 after meeting him on Snapchat.The prosecutor said that after performing sex acts on the boy, who was then 14, she became “scared and anxious” when the second defendant arrived, and the pair raped her while the incident was filmed.Ms Mittel said that afterwards, videos of the incident had been sent around and other people made jokes about the girl, and she received messages calling her a “slag”.The girl told the BBC she “wanted to die” when she received such messages.The second complainant was 14 when she was raped in a field near to Fordingbridge recreation ground in January 2025 while the incident was also filmed.Labour MP Anna Turley said she was “shocked” by the sentences, and said it was “absolutely right” that they had been referred to the Attorney General. “I'm not going to preempt his decision or make any judgment on that, but I think anyone watching that and seeing the evidence and hearing the horrendous story of the victims will be absolutely devastated,” she said. “It's really shocking, and I think you know, for those young women to go through that experience in the first place is horrendous, but they were so brave in coming forward to the justice system to tell their stories again, to go through that process. “It's vital that the system works for those victims, that it supports them, and that ultimately gives them the justice that is deserved, and that they feel that they've got some kind of justice for what happened to them."