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Public shock at lenient sentences for three teenage boys' rape convictions has prompted a government review. Government law officers are now examining the case of the three boys, 14 and 15, who raped two girls in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, between 2024 and 2025. They received youth rehabilitation orders despite 11 rape convictions.
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