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UK Court of Appeal to review case of three teenagers who raped two girls but walked free [SOUND]

# UK prime minister Keir Starmer says the attorney general has asked the Court of Appeal to review the case of three teenagers who avoided jail over the rape of two girls. The girls were raped in separate attacks in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, in November 2024 and January 2025. The teenage boys were convicted last week, but did not receive a custodial sentence, just youth rehabilitation orders. Starmer describes the sentence as appalling:

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