Teenage girl says decision not to jail her attacker was like a ‘rock straight in my face’, as the attorney general reviews the case

The teenagers, now aged 15, carried out the attack in an underpass in Fordingbridge, Hampshire

Two girls were raped in two separate incidents in a town in the New Forest

Lord Hermer will now consider the case and could send it back to court, which could decide to increase the sentences and send the boys to prison.

Three boys were handed youth rehabilitation orders by a judge and one put under surveillance after they were found guilty of raping two girls and filming the attacks

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Boys, aged 15, given youth rehabilitation orders for two separate attacks against two girls in Hampshire

Three boys avoid prison sentences for their part in the rape of two girls

The trial at heard two girls were raped in two separate incidents in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, the first attack on November 26, 2024, and the second on January 17, 2025.

Teenage girl says decision not to jail her attacker was like a ‘rock straight in my face’, as the attorney general reviews the case

A teenage girl asked why her attackers were allowed to walk free while the Attorney General has been urged to review the 'too lenient' sentences passed on her rapists

A teenage rape victim has criticised a court decision to spare three boys from prison after they were convicted over attacks on two girls in Hampshire, UK.

Girl says sentencing ‘hit like a rock straight in my face’ after defendants were handed rehabilitation orders.

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PM says he found the case, which saw two teenage boys spared jail, ‘distressing as a father’

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