Court of appeal to review rape sentences of three teenage boys
Keir Starmer announces review after boys were given non-custodial sentences for rape of two girls The court of appeal will review the non-custodial sentences given to three teenage boys for the rape of two girls, Keir Starmer has announced. The boys, two of whom were 15 and one 14 at the time of sentencing, were given youth rehabilitation orders after the judge in the case said he wanted to “avoid criminalising these children unnecessarily” and support their reintegration into society. Continue…

