The UK attorney general is reviewing sentences given to three teenage boys convicted of raping two girls in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, after widespread criticism that youth rehabilitation orders were too lenient for crimes involving filming and sharing assault footage online. The boys, aged 14-15, received no custodial sentences despite 11 rape convictions between them, prompting calls from politicians and legal experts for harsher punishment.
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The UK attorney general is reviewing sentences given to three teenage boys convicted of raping two girls in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, after widespread criticism that youth rehabilitation orders were too lenient for crimes involving filming and sharing assault footage online. The boys, aged 14-15, received no custodial sentences despite 11 rape convictions between them, prompting calls from politicians and legal experts for harsher punishment.