It has been announced that the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) will review the sentences on the young offenders convicted of rape.
Court of appeal to review rape sentences of three teenage boys | UK criminal justice | The Guardian (26 May 2026)
The Guardian report provides more detail about the cases. The report states:
The sentences relate to the rape of two girls in separate incidents in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, in November 2024 and January last year.
In the first attack, a 15-year-old girl was raped by two of the defendants, both aged 14 at the time.
In the second attack, the three boys threatened a 14-year-old girl with a knife and two of them took it in turns to rape her while the others encouraged and filmed the offending.
The boys were sentenced at Southampton crown court on 21 May, when the two 15-year-olds were each given a three-year youth rehabilitation order and intensive supervision and surveillance (ISS). The 14-year-old boy was given an 18-month youth rehabilitation order.
The court heard that one of the 15-year-old defendants had been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as well as “longstanding anxiety”, while the other had an IQ in the “bottom 1% of his contemporaries” and had been diagnosed with ADHD. The 14-year-old was described as having “mild cognitive impairment”
The legislative detail is in the Sentencing Act 2020 . In addition there are Sentencing Guidelines.
Links:
Law and Lawyers: 31 May 2026 - Youth Justice and sentencing for very serious offences
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