The UK government is reviewing the non-custodial sentences handed to three teenage boys convicted in connection with the rape of two girls in Hampshire, after criticism from politicians and local officials who described the punishments as too lenient.
The case relates to two separate incidents in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, between November 2024 and January 2025. Two girls, aged 14 and 15, were assaulted by the defendants, who were aged between 14 and 15 at the time of the offences.
