Sentences of boys spared custody over Hampshire rape referred to Court of Appeal, PM says

The sentences of boys spared custody over the rape of two girls in Hampshire will be referred to the Court of Appeal, the prime minister has said.

Court of appeal to review rape sentences of teenage boys

Keir Starmer announces review after three boys were given youth rehabilitation orders for rape of two girls The court of appeal will review the non-custodial sentences given to three teenage boys for the rape of two girls, Keir Starmer has announced. The boys, two of whom were 15 and one aged 14 at the time of sentencing, were given youth rehabilitation orders after the judge in the case said he wanted to “avoid criminalising these children unnecessarily” and support their reintegration into ...

By Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Court of appeal to review teenagers’ rape sentences after outrage

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 General Lord Hermer for being too lenient.

By Millie Cooke and Rich Booth