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Girl raped by boys spared jail tells BBC judge's decision was like 'rock in my face'

details some may find distressing** The teenager was 15 when she was raped in an underpass by the River Avon in Fordingbridge, Hampshire. She had travelled to meet one of the boys for the first

Teen rapists spared jail partly because of intellectual limitations, judge said

detailed evidence about the precise nature of their offending, prospects for rehabilitation, and the profound intellectual limitations of two of the teenagers. The boys' sentencing last month caused an outcry when they were given youth

Gisèle Pelicot 'deeply shocked' by decision not to jail boys in rape case

Hampshire. Two girls, then aged 15 and 14, were raped in separate incidents in Fordingbridge in November 2024 and January 2025, by two 14-year-olds. Another boy, then 13, was also convicted

UK judge’s decision not to jail boys for rape like a ‘rock straight in my face’, says victim, 16

2024 after meeting him on Snapchat. The prosecutor said that after performing sex acts on the boy, who was then 14, she became “scared and anxious” when the second defendant arrived, and the pair raped

Keir Starmer says rape of two girls by boys spared custody 'appalling'

Hampshire, in November 2024 and January 2025, by two 14-year-olds. Another boy, then 13, was also convicted for his involvement the second attack. Sir Keir said the girls has "shown extraordinary bravery