Decision not to jail two teenagers for rape was wrong, court of appeal rules
Summary
A court of appeal ruled that the judge made a mistake by not sending two teenage boys to jail for raping two girls. The appeal court decided that two of the boys should go to prison for four years, while the third boy’s sentence stayed the same.Key Facts
- Two teenage boys were originally given youth rehabilitation orders after being convicted of rape.
- The cases involved the rape of two girls, both 14 or 15 years old, in Fordingbridge, Hampshire.
- The attacks happened in November 2024 and January of the following year.
- The boys are referred to only as X, Y, and Z for privacy reasons.
- In the first case, boys X and Y raped a 15-year-old girl.
- In the second case, all three boys raped a 14-year-old girl, while filming and encouraging each other.
- The attorney general asked the court of appeal to review whether the original sentences were too lenient.
- The court of appeal changed the sentences for boys X and Y to four years in detention but kept Z’s original sentence.
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