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British PM appalled that teenage rapists spared prison

A UK rape case, which saw two teenage boys spared jail, is "appalling" and it is "right that law officers are urgently reviewing the sentences", British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says.

Two girls were raped in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, by two 15-year-olds who were given non-custodial sentences by a judge at Southampton Crown Court who said he wanted to "avoid criminalising these children unnecessarily".

But one of their victims told the BBC: "The words hit like a rock straight in my face".

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