UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has branded the non-custodial sentences handed to three teenage boys for the brutal rapes of two young girls as utterly appalling, backing an urgent review by the Attorney General.
The assaults, which occurred in Hampshire in late 2024 and early 2025, involved two 14-year-old boys and a 13-year-old who filmed the attacks on their phones and shared the footage online.
The victims, aged 14 and 15 at the time, displayed remarkable courage in pursuing justice through a harrowing trial.
Instead of prison, the boys received Youth Rehabilitation Orders, with the judge citing a desire to prevent “unnecessary criminalisation” of children despite acknowledging the crimes’ gravity.
“This is a harrowing and brave testimony,” Starmer posted on X.
“The girls at the heart of this case have shown extraordinary bravery and strength in heinous circumstances.
“This is an appalling case and it is right that law officers are urgently reviewing the sentences.”
One victim, now 16, described the outcome as a devastating blow equivalent to a slap in the face, questioning the point of her painful court ordeal if the law still treated the perpetrators as mere children whose actions were somehow excusable.
Cross-party figures, victims’ families, and the Children’s Commissioner have voiced deep concern, demanding swifter accountability to ensure justice for the girls and deter future harm.
This is a harrowing and brave testimony.
The girls at the heart of this case have shown extraordinary bravery and strength in heinous circumstances.
This is an appalling case and it is right that law officers are urgently reviewing the sentences.https://t.co/yyMoWkcwdJ
— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) May 24, 2026
Hasn’t he resigned yet?
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Looks like the Progressives have left Cuck Starmer in its wake as Woke Progessives have headed further Left than though possible. Cuck Starmer is now in no mans land, who will take him down first? the people or his own Progressive revolutionaries.
A fake democracy “leader” saying what he thinks people want to hear.
He is not sincere, and has a track record to prove it.