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.

I'd like to make a complaint about the lenient sentences but the form asks for names of offenders. As they were young this isn't given in reports I've seen

Sentencing only happened a couple of hours ago. Give it time.

Put unknown - under age.
For the incident put gang rape Fordingbridge

Oh I do hope so!!! This really needs to be taken higher.

Misogyny.
I’m so sickened by this.

Fair enough, but even so, what the hell do we do with men like these?

It is things like this that would lead me to consider taking action myself if this was to ever happen to my daughter. The thought of having to wait years for it to get to court, for a judge to do this 😱
I wonder if he'd have felt differently if it was his wife, daughter, or himself, who had been put through this ordeal. Sickening.

Though we do know:

the attack was planned

the girls were raped

the rape was filmed

film of the attack was uploaded to social media

a knife was used as part of the intimidation

I am struggling to think of any mitigating circumstances that would be strong enough to warrant those actions being ignored in favour of a non custodial sentence.

I too have complained. Shocking. Those poor girls.

Just say names not reported due to reporting restrictions due to age.

What?? Why does being a victim of violence prevent you from getting married or falling n love or being happy? Yes the girls will be harmed by what has happened and it will have lifelong consequences, but we don’t need to condemn them to never having any good things in their lives, jeez.

This.
I've complained.

I’ve filled the form in too. I work in Criminal Justice and I despair at the pathetic lenient sentences I see on the daily, or people being given bail after bail. The males I see are getting younger and genuinely don’t give a fuck as they know nothing serious will happen to them. No deterrent at all.

How do you do this? I want to do so to - we should start a petition

Do what I did and just put that they are legally too young to be named. I think they’ll work out who you’re referring to!

BBC have updated their report on this:

Teenage boys sentenced for raping lone girls in Fordingbridge - BBC News

Here’s the link:

www.gov.uk/ask-crown-court-sentence-review

Is there a link for this please?

www.gov.uk/ask-crown-court-sentence-review

I've submitted a form, it's absolutely disgusting. There are probably teenagers who have got longer for shoplifting.

Completely agree. There are no mitigating circumstances that mean these teenagers don’t deserve time behind bars. And I’m generally quite liberal when it comes to things like this.

Absolutely horrifying and shocking

Shame on that judge- he should step down

Submitted. Words fail me.

I've also submitted the form.
This is local to me and I have a DD, it's an absolute disgrace. I also think the sentencing guidelines need review. This was planned, filmed and shared on the Internet, all aggravating factors!