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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ben Mitchell

Government to review non-custodial sentence for three boys convicted of rape

Former Home Office minister Jess Phillips has criticised the sentences for sending a ‘bad message’ - (PA)

The government has said it will review the “lenient” sentences given to three boys who avoided custodial sentences for their parts in the rape of two girls.

Former Home Office minister Jess Phillips has criticised the sentence given to the youths, who avoided custodial sentences, as sending a “bad message”, with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch saying they had received “no punishment at all”.

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