Decision not to jail two teenagers for rape was wrong, court of appeal rules

Trial judge found to have erred by giving boys youth rehabilitation orders for rape of two girls in Hampshire A judge’s decision not to give two teenage boys custodial sentences for the rape of two girls was wrong s, the court of appeal has ruled. After a national outcry, the attorney general, Richard Hermer, referred the case to the court to consider whether the sentences given to the boys – identified only as X, Y and Z – were unduly lenient. Continue reading...

By Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent