Teen rapists spared jail partly because of intellectual limitations, judge said
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Source: BBC News
Published: 2026-06-05 20:56 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Crime & Justice, Law & Courts, Elections, World News, Crime & Justice
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Three boys convicted of raping two girls in separate attacks were spared custody by a judge because of detailed evidence about the precise nature of their offending, prospects for rehabilitation, and the profound intellectual limitations of two of the teenagers.
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