Two teenage boys who raped girls given four years' detention | BBC News — Transcript

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1. 0:00Here, two 15-year-old boys who were
2. 0:02spared custody for the rape of two girls
3. 0:04in Fordingbridge have been sentenced to
4. 0:074 years in jail after the court of
5. 0:09appeal ruled their sentences were unduly
6. 0:11lenient. The boys, known as X and Y,
7. 0:14were given non-custodial sentences in
8. 0:16May for a combined 10 counts of rape and
9. 0:19seven indecent image offenses related to
10. 0:22two victims who were separately attacked
11. 0:24in November 2024 and January 2025. Let's
12. 0:29speak to our reporter Sam Harrison who's
13. 0:31outside the court and tell us more about
14. 0:33the remarks in the court today, Sam.
15. 0:38>> Afternoon. Well, we are expecting a
16. 0:40press conference in a few moments time
17. 0:42from one of the solicitors, so we may
18. 0:43cut from this. But in in order to
19. 0:45understand this appeals process, it's
20. 0:48really important to remember that the
21. 0:50judge who previously presided over that
22. 0:5229-day trial down in Southampton did
23. 0:56also agree that the offending by these
24. 0:59two individuals, known to us as X and Y,
25. 1:02did cross the custody threshold.
26. 1:05However, it it was their age that was
27. 1:08taken into account. Effectively, their
28. 1:10age was up against the seriousness of
29. 1:12offending, and it was decided that a
30. 1:14non-custodial custodial sentence,
31. 1:16effectively not going into detention,
32. 1:19should be enforced. This process has
33. 1:22been about analyzing that decision and
34. 1:25whether or not it was right. And it has
35. 1:28come to light today the
36. 1:30lady who's been presiding over this,
37. 1:31Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr, she
38. 1:34has decided that that sentencing was
39. 1:37wrong and that these two teenagers, X
40. 1:39and Y, should face a custodial sentence.
41. 1:44A big change here. Now, also worth
42. 1:46remending remembering that a third
43. 1:48individual is involved, a teenager 1
44. 1:52year younger throughout this case known
45. 1:55as Z. His sentence remains the same. On
46. 1:59X and Y, she addressed uh them both
47. 2:03whilst they appeared on video link in
48. 2:05Southampton. She said, "We do need to
49. 2:07change your sentences. What you both did
50. 2:11was so bad, we had no other choice. You
51. 2:14were enjoying what you did, and you were
52. 2:16egging each other on." So, very strong
53. 2:19words in the court heard by people
54. 2:23today. Now, in terms of the sentence
55. 2:25they'll now face, which has been
56. 2:27changed, they were up for 3 years under
57. 2:30a youth rehabilitation order. They will
58. 2:33now be sentenced to 4 years in youth
59. 2:36detention, of which they will serve at
60. 2:39least half, so 24 months, minus uh any
61. 2:42time that they've already spent in
62. 2:45detention. So, a really significant
63. 2:48ruling here today. That the appeal has
64. 2:51been heard, and it has been accepted for
65. 2:54individuals X and Y, these two
66. 2:5715-year-old teenagers who were found
67. 3:00guilty of rape earlier this year.
68. 3:03>> Sam, thank you very much. Sam Harrison.