Two teenage boys have received four-year detention sentences for raping two girls in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, after their initial non-custodial sentences were overturned by the Court of Appeal. The court found that the original judge had underestimated the severity of the crimes, which included filming the assaults.
The victims' families expressed relief at the updated sentences, emphasizing the importance of justice for the psychological harm caused. A third boy involved in filming the incidents did not have his sentence changed, and all offenders remain anonymous due to their ages.