TWO teenage boys who had been spared custody after raping two girls were sentenced to four years’ detention today after the Court of Appeal ruled their sentences “unduly lenient.”The 15-year-olds, known as X and Y and another aged 14, known as Z, were given non-custodial sentences in May for a combined 10 counts of rape and seven indecent image offences related to two victims.Lady Chief Justice Sue Carr said that the trial judge had made a mistake by giving the 15-year-old boys youth rehabilitation orders.

TWO teenage boys who had been spared custody after raping two girls were sentenced to four years’ detention today after the Court of Appeal ruled their sentences “unduly lenient.”

The 15-year-olds, known as X and Y and another aged 14, known as Z, were given non-custodial sentences in May for a combined 10 counts of rape and seven indecent image offences related to two victims.

Lady Chief Justice Sue Carr said that the trial judge had made a mistake by giving the 15-year-old boys youth rehabilitation orders.

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