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

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.

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.