Youth rehabilitation orders
Coverage of Youth rehabilitation orders in the Nexus archive.
- Court of appeal to review rape sentences of three teenage boys
The Court of Appeal will review non-custodial sentences given to three teenage boys for the rape of two girls. Keir Starmer announced the review after the boys, aged 14 and 15, received youth rehabilitation orders instead of custodial sentences.
- UK judge’s decision not to jail boys for rape like a ‘rock straight in my face’, says victim, 16
A 16-year-old victim described a UK judge's decision not to jail two 15-year-old boys for raping two girls in Hampshire as a 'rock straight in my face.' The boys received youth rehabilitation orders instead of jail time for two separate attacks in November 2024 and January 2025.
- Teenage gang who lured schoolgirl, 15, to underpass and laughed as they filmed themselves raping her handed youth rehabilitation orders
A teenage gang lured a 15-year-old schoolgirl to an underpass where they sexually assaulted her while filming the attack. The perpetrators were convicted and sentenced to youth rehabilitation orders rather than custodial sentences.