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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Court of appeal to review rape sentences of three teenage boys

Southampton crown court entrance
One of the victims said the sentences given to the boys at Southampton crown court felt like a ‘rock straight in my face’. Photograph: Britpix/Alamy

The court of appeal will review the non-custodial sentences given to three teenage boys for the rape of two girls, Keir Starmer has announced.

The boys, two of whom were 15 and one 14 at the time of sentencing, were given youth rehabilitation orders after the judge in the case said he wanted to “avoid criminalising these children unnecessarily” and support their reintegration into society.

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