Episode

Court of Appeal rules that sentences handed to two teenagers for rape were unduly lenient

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Six O'Clock News
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Jul 2, 2026
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1824
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Summary

Two teenagers who avoided jail for raping two girls in Hampshire have been ordered to serve four years in detention after the Court of Appeal ruled their original sentences were unduly lenient. Also: The Prime Minister has apologised for the role of the British state in historical forced adoptions. And a man has been pulled alive from the rubble in Venezuela, more than a week after two powerful earthquakes hit the country.