Decision not to jail two teenagers for rape was wrong, court of appeal rules
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Trial judge found to have erred by giving boys youth rehabilitation orders for rape of two girls in Hampshire
A judge’s decision not to give two teenage boys custodial sentences for the rape of two girls was wrong s, the court of appeal has ruled.
After a national outcry, the attorney general, Richard Hermer, referred the case to the court to consider whether the sentences given to the boys – identified only as X, Y and Z – were unduly lenient.
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