The Prime Minister described the girl’s evidence as ‘harrowing and brave’.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said the rape case which saw two teenage boys spared jail was “appalling” and it was “right that law officers are urgently reviewing the sentences”.
Two girls were raped in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, by two 15-year-olds who were given non-custodial sentences by a judge at Southampton Crown Court who said he wanted to “avoid criminalising these children unnecessarily”.
But one of their victims told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme: “The words hit like a rock straight in my face.
“He (the judge) almost made it seem as if what the boys did was not OK, but it was OK in the eyes of the law because they were still children.”
In a post on X responding to the interview, the Prime Minister said: “This is a harrowing and brave testimony.
“The girls at the heart of this case have shown extraordinary bravery and strength in heinous circumstances.
“This is an appalling case and it is right that law officers are urgently reviewing the sentences.”
