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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Callum Parke

CPS may face further action after judge criticises ‘fundamental errors’ in Fordingbridge press release

The Crown Prosecution Service may face further action over an inaccurate press release issued after the first sentencing hearing of three boys over the rape of two girls in Fordingbridge.

The boys, two aged 15 and another aged 14, were given non-custodial sentences in May for multiple rape and indecent image offences against two victims, who were separately attacked in the Hampshire town in November 2024 and January 2025.

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