The boys had lured two teenage girls to meet them, then raped them and filmed the attacks on their phones, with a knife used during the second assault.

The two girls, aged 14 and 15 at the time, were raped by two 14-year-old boys weeks apart in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, with a then-13-year-old also convicted over his role in the…

Keir Starmer has announced the 'distressing' case has been referred to the Court of Appeal following the decision not to jail three teenage boys after two girls - aged 14 and 15 -…

Keir Starmer announces review after three boys were given youth rehabilitation orders for rape of two girls

The two girls, aged 14 and 15 at the time, were raped by two 14-year-old boys weeks apart in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, with a then-13-year-old also convicted over his role in the…

Sir Keir Starmer has announced that the sentences that saw two teenage boys spared jail after raping two girls will go to the Court of Appeal after being reviewed by the Attorney…

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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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An appeals court will review a British judge's decision to spare three teenagers jail after they were convicted of rape, the UK attorney general said Tuesday, following public…

Court of Appeal judges ruled that the sentence handed down by judge Nicholas Rowlands to a man convicted of rape 'was too low but not so low that this court should intervene'

Three teenage boys who were convicted over the rape of two girls were last week allowed to walk out of a UK court without any custodial sentence, triggering a nationwide outcry.

The government is reviewing the "lenient" sentences given to three boys who avoided prison sentences for raping two girls in Hampshire — and the Voice of the Mirror supports this…

How much leeway does the judiciary have and can decisions be reconsidered?

Sentencing data shows that in the past five years nearly three out of every four under-18s convicted of rape avoided immediate custody.

The boys had lured two teenage girls to meet them, then raped them and filmed the attacks on their phones, with a knife used during the second assault.

Exclusive: Campaigners and victims call for urgent change after ‘laughable’ sentences for youths convicted of rape

A report claims three teenage boys - in three separate cases - avoided jail and were handed "laughable" £26 court fines after attacks on girls as young as 14

Teenage rapists are being let off with £26 fines after being convicted of attacking girls as young as 14.

Three teenage boys convicted of rape and serious sexual offences against girls as young as 14 avoided custody and instead received youth rehabilitation orders in separate cases in…