POLITICSMay 26 · 10:34 UTCTHE GUARDIAN WORLDHaroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Court of appeal to review rape sentences of three teenage boys

The Court of Appeal will review non-custodial sentences given to three teenage boys for the rape of two girls. Keir Starmer announced the review after the boys, aged 14 and 15, received youth rehabilitation orders instead of custodial sentences.

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