AIBU to think these boys should have been incarcerated?

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BBC News - Teenage boys sentenced for raping lone girls
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clypg68e2neo

I've never started an AIBU before, but I'm genuinely really shocked. I'm just not sure how this sentence is justifiable. Their actions were premeditated and deliberate, they were carrying a knife and they filmed themselves. They're obviously a danger to women/girls, and probably to other boys too.

If anyone knows how and why this sentence might have come about, I'd be interested to hear it.

Our justice system isn’t only about rehabilitation, society demands that some punishment be given as retribution for a crime.

A price needs to be paid, and people need to feel that the punishment is proportionate, otherwise they lose faith in the whole system.

Yes. All boys together!!

Do you imagine a woman judge would have reached the same conclusion?

Disgusting I just read this in disbelief!!
Mother's crying ??? Wtf what about the victims and their parents jesus Christ !
If I was the judge I would have cut their fucking knobs off !!!!!!

I have filled in form - this is horrific - if this is within guidelines for sentencing then those sentencing guidelines need to change.

Why? Was a jail sentence not available for him to give then?

If it was and he didn't then yes, that is is own stupid dangerous decision -the twat.

There is no justice left anymore in this country

There are links if you go to the beginning of the thread. https://submit.forms.service.gov.uk/form/696/apply-to-have-an-unduly-lenient-sentence-reviewed/UrNqWVsY

as they are minors link to the article in the

Your form has been submitted
Your form reference number is:
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Exactly !!

Its a point I made in the further comments section of the complaints form

There have been many very lenient and non existent punishments handed out to rapists

The conviction won’t show on a basic DBS once the order expires, but will always show up on a standard or enhanced DBS.

I think any decent parent would want their child to be imprisoned for committing such a heinous crime. Crying with relief that they weren’t says it all. The fact low IQ is being blamed is shocking too. They knew what they were doing, they lured the girls somewhere remote and it isn’t even as if they did it once then felt awful and never did it again is it…

It depends. If these boys, or any boys, get to the end of their rehabilitation order and are consider to have made insufficient progress, or still pose a danger to the public then I have no issue with them being further detained or probation terms imposed.

This is an opportunity for them, but it’s one opportunity and if they can’t make it work then yes, they may end up being criminalised.

i would’ve thought it’s fairly obvious tbh, seems a standard view.

To me, nothing, but to all those who falsely believe they are somehow making a difference it seems a bit of a waste of time.

One form has been sent. The review is triggered. Nothing further is needed.

Comparing various countries is useless. Demographics, median age, gender balance is not controlled for, so I don’t believe you can say this confidently.

What I will say is that keeping them in prison until they are old men protects the women and girls in that community, and for this reason alone should be done. Why let absolutely dangerous monsters roam the streets? They will do this again, but more carefully. Why should women always bear these risks just in case the men ‘change’ it’s so disgusting

Form submitted.

Honestly I’m half way to suggesting girls should be armed in this country. Not boys. Just the girls. And if there are girls who do abuse that privilege go in fro t of the judge, will there be concerns about criminalising them and the effects on their future lives??

Of course not.

Sadly it looks like it's too late to raise complaints as their sentences were imposed more than 28 days ago?

My sincere commiserations to the girls who were subjected to these vile crimes.

Exactly this. I was shocked beyond measure at this the other month. The victim was 12. The perpetrators filmed it and shouted commands at her while doing so, and were allowed to walk free.
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2026-03-07/she-was-so-frightened-mum-gives-evidence-in-alleged-rape-trial-of-teen-boys

The articles explaining why they walked free have been taken down but it was because the defence argued that the girl didn’t say “no”. She argued that she didn’t say “yes” but that doesn’t matter.

But it's not "the more people who do this the better". Again, this doesn't work like a petition. It doesn't require large volumes of submissions.

All it needs is one, and that's clearly been done.

Anything else is a waste of other people's time.

According to the Daily Mail, they are from the traveller community.

It’s not a particularly popular view, it’s one I think the likes of Reform will campaign on. But sure, it’s totally sensible not to criminalise underage rapists and shit on their underage victims, excellent stuff.

You seem more bothered by a form than what actually happened.

This. Women are always expected to bear risks in case men change.

I thought they were sentenced today, hence the news coverage today?

Thank god you don’t work there now, the prison service can do with one less racist.

Were you one of the ones who used to set up fights and bet on the winner? Or one of the ones who’d go down to reception and have a nose through the files to find a boy who’d been sexually abused in the past, and therefore an easier target? Or were you one of those who banged up a boy with his shoe laces after he told you he wanted to see his dead mum?

Don’t think because you wore a uniform you or any of your mates were any better than the people you locked up.