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Nikki MitchellSouth of England location affairs correspondent, Southampton Crown Court
Crown Prosecution Service
One of the girls was attacked successful an underpass beside the River Avon
Three teenage boys who raped 2 lone girls successful abstracted attacks person been sentenced.
Prosecutors said the assaults successful Fordingbridge, Hampshire, successful 2024 and 2025, were "brazenly filmed" connected mobile phones, with footage showing the boys laughing and verbally encouraging each other.
Two 15-year-old boys and a boy, 14, were antecedently convicted of rape pursuing a proceedings astatine Southampton Crown Court.
The 15-year-olds were fixed three-year Youth Rehabilitation Orders with intensive surveillance and supervision. The younger boy's probation supervision volition beryllium for 1 and fractional years.
Two of the boys' mothers burst into tears arsenic Judge Nicholas Rowland told the attackers "none of you request to spell to situation today".
The justice praised the bravery of the 2 girls for giving evidence.
Crown Prosecution Service
The 2nd miss was 14 erstwhile she was attacked astatine Fordingbridge Recreation Ground
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The unfortunate of the archetypal onslaught was 15 erstwhile she was raped 3 times successful an underpass by the River Avon successful Fordingbridge, during what she had thought was a archetypal date.
She had travelled from her location to conscionable 1 of the boys for the archetypal clip aft helium had begun a "relationship" with her connected societal media level Snapchat, but past 2 different boys appeared.
During the proceedings the tribunal heard she was "petrified", felt "cornered and trapped" and feared being thrown into the river.
The boys shared video of the attacks connected societal media, resulting successful her receiving abusive messages, prosecutors said.
The 2nd miss was 14 erstwhile she met the boys astatine Fordingbridge Recreation Ground, was threatened with a knife, past raped 3 times successful a adjacent field.
No weapon was found, but forensic grounds revealed her leggings had been chopped with a "sharp instrument".
Video footage seen successful tribunal during the proceedings showed her lying motionless connected the crushed with "her look buried successful her hands", portion different lad was heard shouting words of encouragement.
Senior authoritative Siobhan Blake said teenagers with misogynistic attitudes should beryllium challenged
Two of the boys were 14 erstwhile they carried retired the rapes and the 3rd was 13.
The attackers, who cannot beryllium named due to the fact that of their ages, were convicted of rape adjacent successful circumstances wherever they aided and abetted different lad to transportation retired the attack.
One of the older boys was convicted of 2 counts of rape, which progressive some victims.
The different 15-year-old lad was recovered blameworthy of six counts of being progressive successful the rape of some girls and the 14-year-old lad was recovered blameworthy of 2 counts of rape successful the 2nd incident.
Both 15-year-olds were besides convicted of taking indecent photos of a child.
The Crown Prosecution Service warned that rapes and intersexual assaults involving young radical were "on the increase".
Speaking earlier sentencing, elder authoritative Siobhan Blake said: "There is simply a existent portion for each of america to play arsenic citizens to marque definite that we person truly wide conversations with our teens astir misogynistic attitudes and propulsion backmost truly hard connected those."
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