Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe Court of Appeal imposed the new sentences after ruling that their initial non-custodial punishments were unduly lenient (CPS)Two teenage boys, now 15, have been sentenced to four years’ youth detention for raping and filming sex attacks on teenage girls in Fordingbridge, Hampshire. The Court of Appeal imposed the new sentences after ruling that their initial non-custodial punishments were unduly lenient, following a public outcry. The Attorney General, Lord Hermer, referred the case, with his counsel arguing that detention was the only appropriate sentence given the severity of the crimes. Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr, leading the judicial panel, stated that the boys' actions were so severe that there was "no other choice" but to impose detention. The sentence for a third boy, aged 14, who received an 18-month youth rehabilitation order for encouraging the rape of a second victim, was upheld by the court. In fullTeenage boys put behind bars after sentences ruled unduly lenient in Fordingbridge rape caseMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Teens detained for rapes of two girls in Fordingbridge after appeal
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe Court of Appeal imposed the new sentences after ruling that their initial non-custodial punishments were unduly lenient (CPS)Two teenage boys, now 15, have been sentenced to four years’ youth detention for raping and filming sex attacks on teenage girls in Fordingbridge, Hampshire. The Court of Appeal imposed the new sentences after ruling that their initial non-custodial punishments were unduly lenient, following a public outcry. The Attorney General, Lord Hermer, referred the case, with his counsel arguing that detention was the only appropriate sentence given the severity of the crimes. Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr, leading the judicial panel, stated that the boys' actions were so severe that there was "no other choice" but to impose detention. The sentence for a third boy, aged 14, who received an 18-month youth rehabilitation order for encouraging the rape of a second victim, was upheld by the court. In fullTeenage boys put behind bars after sentences ruled unduly lenient in Fordingbridge rape caseMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
