The anger started long before Prime Minister Keir Starmer publicly described the case as “appalling”. Across Britain, outrage had already been building after details emerged of a shocking rape case in Hampshire where teenage boys convicted of attacking young girls walked out of court without going to prison.
On Sunday, the Prime Minister intervened directly after one of the victims spoke emotionally in a televised interview about the trauma she suffered both during the assaults and after hearing the sentencing decision. Starmer said the girls had shown “extraordinary bravery” and confirmed that law officers were urgently reviewing the sentences handed down by the court.
