The two boys were originally given youth rehabilitation orders after raping two girls; videos of the attacks were shared online.

Three rapist teenage boys spared jailed over a series of attacks in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, pictured, should be re-sentenced and sent to detention, the Court of Appeal heard…

Three teenage boys who avoided custody after being convicted of raping two girls should have been detained, the Court of Appeal has been told.

When three teenage boys were given community sentences for ten counts of rape against two teenage girls in two separate incidents in Hampshire, it sparked a public outcry.

Appeal Court judges Ms Justice Norton, Lord Justice Edis and Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr today ruled the sentences given to two rapist teenage boys were insufficient

The case was reviewed under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme after the boys were given youth rehabilitation orders by a judge who said he wanted to 'avoid criminalising these…

The case was referred to the Court of Appeal after public outcry over the boys’ sentences

First judge found to have erred by giving 15-year-olds youth rehabilitation orders for rape of two girls in Hampshire

Twee Britse tieners moeten na een hoger beroep alsnog vier jaar de cel in na hun veroordeling voor verkrachtingen van twee meisjes, heeft het Britse hof van beroep donderdag…

Following public outrage over lenient sentences, two UK teen rapists have been handed four-year detention terms by an appeals judge.

The two boys were originally given youth rehabilitation orders after raping two girls; videos of the attacks were shared online.

The two boys were originally given youth rehabilitation orders after raping two girls; videos of the attacks were shared online.

Two teenage boys who were found guilty of rape have been given four years in detention after the Court of Appeal over-ruled their initial non-custodial sentences.

The decision follows widespread public outrage, with the court saying the seriousness and repeated nature of the offences made custody "unavoidable."