Overview
- Prosecutors said the Fordingbridge attacks occurred in November 2024 and January 2025 in separate incidents involving victims aged 15 and 14.
- Convictions include one boy guilty of two rapes and taking indecent images, a second guilty of six rapes and indecent images, and a third guilty of two rapes by encouragement.
- The CPS reported assaults were recorded on phones and, in the January case, the victim described a knife threat, with clothing damage consistent with a sharp instrument supporting her account.
- Judge Nicholas Rowland ordered pre-sentence reports, with the three convicted teenagers released on conditional bail pending sentencing.
- In a separate case opened this week in Manchester, two boys now aged 15 and 16 are on trial over an alleged group rape near Newbold tram stop in 2024, with a brief clip of recorded footage to be shown to jurors while a third boy has been found unfit to stand trial.