Chameleon Magazine

 14-year-old boys who carried out a series of horrific rapes against two schoolgirls walked free from court with non-custodial sentences, sparking a public outcry and a high-level legal review. The attacks took place in November 2024 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, when a 15-year-old girl, known under the pseudonym Jazmine, was lured to an underpass by the River Avon. She had arranged to meet a boy she had connected with on Snapchat for what she believed would be a first date. Instead, she was trapped and raped three times by him and another 14-year-old boy. The attackers filmed the assaults and posted them on social media, resulting in the victim receiving abusive messages online.

Just two months later, in January 2025, the same two boys repeatedly raped a second 14-year-old girl in a field at Fordingbridge Recreation Ground, while a third boy shouted encouragement. In May, the three defendants walked out of Southampton Crown Court after being handed Youth Rehabilitation Orders, despite amassing 10 rape convictions between them.

The non-custodial sentences caused widespread anger. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer described the case as “distressing”, and Attorney General Lord Hermer referred the case to the Court of Appeal as “unduly lenient”. A two-day hearing has now opened at the Royal Courts of Justice.

She said: “I feel like I am carrying what happened every day. I wake up with it, I go to school with it, I try to sit exams with it, and I go to sleep with it. It is always there.

This horrific crime ended with a non-custodial sentence, now think about it, if it was your daughter, animals allowed back into society, without being changed or checked, to see how damaged they actually are. 

The people who set them free to roam are quite happy to take the chance of the same thing happening with other children. Imagine a world like that, it absolutely cruel and disgusting. 

Why do people in wigs get to make these decisions for a society that is trying to become better. This sends a message to families, keep your children tied to your side because they are happy to allow animals like this to roam amongst us. 

At least they did not kill them, this time!