Girl raped by boys spared jail tells BBC judge's decision was like 'rock in my face'
The Attorney General has 28 days to decide whether to refer youth rehabilitation orders for appeal after the boys filmed the rapes, officials said.
- The Attorney General is reviewing sentences given to three teenage boys convicted of raping two girls in Hampshire, following multiple public requests under the Unduly Lenient Scheme.
- During Thursday's sentencing at Southampton Crown Court, Judge Nicholas Rowland handed two 15-year-olds youth rehabilitation orders with 180 days of intensive supervision for raping each girl, while a 14-year-old received an 18-month YRO.
- Speaking to the BBC's Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg, one victim, now 16, described the judge's decision as a "rock straight in my face," saying it "almost made it seem as if what the boys did was not OK, but it was OK in the eyes of the law."
- Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones criticized the judge's comments praising the defendants' conduct, stating, "What is really alarming is the judge's comments praising these three young males."
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A case involving the rape of two 15-year-old girls is causing a major stir in the United Kingdom. The perpetrators, who were barely 15 themselves at the time, will not go to prison. They lured the teenage girls into a trap, filmed the events, and shared the footage online. In an interview with the BBC, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Chief of Staff, himself a father of three daughters, had to control his emotions when speaking about the sh…
Judge Who Spared Hampshire Teenage Rape Gang Has Long Record of Soft Sentencing
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