Overview
- The Court of Appeal increased the sentences for two boys known as X and Y to four years' detention after finding the May non‑custodial rulings were unduly lenient.
- The attacks took place in Fordingbridge with one rape in November 2024 and a second in January 2025 when the same pair, encouraged by a third boy, attacked another girl.
- The Attorney General referred the original sentences to the appellate court, which said the trial judge erred in assessing the seriousness of the crimes and warned of likely long‑term harm to the victims.
- The third defendant, Z, whose sentence is an 18‑month youth rehabilitation order, had that order left unchanged by the Court of Appeal.
- Jazmine’s parents say the increased sentences do not ease their daughter's fear or retraumatisation and the family is creating the Stronger than Silence foundation while the convicted youths pursue separate appeals and custodial credit for curfew time is calculated.