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Sentences of boys spared custody over Hampshire rape referred to Court of Appeal, PM says
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed that the sentences of three teenage boys—two 14-year-olds and one 13-year-old—convicted of 10 rape charges against two girls (aged 15 and 14) in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, between November 2024 and January 2025 will be referred to the Court of Appeal. The boys received youth rehabilitation orders instead of custody, sparking public outcry; Attorney General Lord Hemer cited concerns over leniency and an 'epidemic of violence against women and girls' as grounds for the referral, with victims and French rape survivor Gisèle Pelicot expressing distress over the original sentencing.
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