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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jess Glass

Court of Appeal date set to review sentencing of teenage boys spared jail in Fordingbridge rape case

Three teenage boys who were spared custody over the rape of two girls will have their sentences reviewed at the Court of Appeal next month.

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

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