{"id":3601,"date":"2026-05-26T21:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/judges-appalling-decision-delivers-no-justice-after-girls-raped-by-three-boys\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:50:15","slug":"judges-appalling-decision-delivers-no-justice-after-girls-raped-by-three-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/judges-appalling-decision-delivers-no-justice-after-girls-raped-by-three-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Judge&#8217;s appalling decision delivers no justice after girls raped by three boys&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_1c1e1b\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">The government is reviewing the &#8220;lenient&#8221; sentences given to three boys who avoided prison sentences for raping two girls in Hampshire \u2014 and the Voice of the Mirror supports this review&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"31557070\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Voice of the Mirror logo\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article31557070.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/115_the-mirror-says-6.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article31557070.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/115_the-mirror-says-6.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article31557070.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/115_the-mirror-says-6.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article31557070.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/115_the-mirror-says-6.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Voice of the Mirror has its say...\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Voice of the Mirror has its say&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Three boys. Ten rape convictions. Two young girls whose lives have been torn apart. And not one of those guilty will spend a single night in custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">That is the reality of the Hampshire rape cases that have left people across the country struggling to understand how it can possibly be called justice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Among them is Gis\u00e8le Pelicot. The brave French survivor became a symbol of hope for victims everywhere when she waived her anonymity and faced her attackers in open court so that, in her own words, shame would change sides. Now she, too, is deeply shocked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">When a woman who has endured what she has endured is left appalled by a British court&#8217;s decision, the rest of us should sit up and take notice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Judges must weigh age and rehabilitation. That is their job. But sentences also exist to reflect the gravity of a crime. Right now, we believe it is impossible to argue that it does.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Our legal system has safeguards built in for cases like this. Let us hope the Court of Appeal now delivers the justice many fear is missing.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"HeadingFour_heading-four__M_w7B  __className_eafcc5\">Reform UK must reflect <!-- -->\u2014 and quickly<\/h4>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Every political party eventually faces moments that reveal who they really are. For Reform UK, those moments now arrive daily. <!-- -->Their latest hopeful MP, Robert Kenyon, is already under pressure over alleged misogynistic comments. Now more alleged remarks linked to him &#8211; including sneering slurs and complaints about gay people on television &#8211; have surfaced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">However much Reform insists these are old posts, many voters will still ask why people expressing such views keep ending up associated with Nigel Farage\u2019s party. This issue is bigger than one candidate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">It is the growing sense of a party repeatedly dragged into rows over prejudice and offensive language while its leadership appears more interested in damage limitation than serious reflection.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"HeadingFour_heading-four__M_w7B  __className_eafcc5\">RIP <!-- -->World War Two veteran<\/h4>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">We all owe men like Gilbert Clarke more than words.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh  undefined\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A teenager from Jamaica who crossed the Atlantic to help defeat fascism, he represented courage, sacrifice and duty in its purest form. His generation helped save Britain and rebuild it afterwards. As their numbers fade, their stories must never be forgotten.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/judges-appalling-decision-delivers-no-37208392\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government is reviewing the &#8220;lenient&#8221; sentences given to three boys who avoided prison sentences<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/115_the-mirror-says-6.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}