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Government to review Fordingbridge teen boys' rape sentences
The Attorney General’s Office is reviewing multiple requests after three boys received youth rehabilitation orders instead of custody for raping two girls.
- The Attorney General's office is reviewing sentences handed to three boys who avoided custodial terms for raping two girls in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, after receiving "multiple" requests under the Unduly Lenient Scheme.
- At Southampton Crown Court, the teenagers received Youth Rehabilitation Orders for separate assaults in November 2024 and January 2025, with attackers filming the incidents and sharing them on social media.
- Former Home Office minister Jess Phillips criticized the sentences as sending a "bad message," while Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch stated the boys received "no punishment at all."
- Judge Nicholas Rowland defended the rehabilitation-focused sentences, noting that "peer pressure played a large part in what went on," though the decision sparked significant public outrage.
- Law officers are "urgently reviewing" the case under the Unduly Lenient Scheme, with Government spokespeople stating they share the public's "shock at the details of this horrific case.
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Attorney general receives 'multiple' requests to review 'lenient' sentence of boy rapists
The attorney general's office has received "multiple" requests to review the "lenient" sentences given to three boys following the rape of two girls after they were spared jail time.
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