96
UK judge’s decision not to jail boys for rape like a ‘rock in my face’, says victim, 16
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 24 May 2026
96 points (97.1% liked)
United Kingdom
6706 readers
302 users here now
General community for news/discussion in the UK.
Less serious posts should go in !casualuk@feddit.uk or !andfinally@feddit.uk
More serious politics should go in !uk_politics@feddit.uk.
Try not to spam the same link to multiple feddit.uk communities.
Pick the most appropriate, and put it there.
Posts should be related to UK-centric news, and should be either a link to a reputable source, or a text post on this community.
Opinion pieces are also allowed, provided they are not misleading/misrepresented/drivel, and have proper sources.
If you think "reputable news source" needs some definition, by all means start a meta thread.
Posts should be manually submitted, not by bot. Link titles should not be editorialised.
Disappointing comments will generally be left to fester in ratio, outright horrible comments will be removed.
Message the mods if you feel something really should be removed, or if a user seems to have a pattern of awful comments.
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
It's disgusting. This has the potential to impact her entire life.
The boys? Well that's it. It will quickly fade from memory.
Or course. It reinforces the idea that rape isn't so bad.
I originally typed in a third sentence.... It's a very possible they'll actually gloat about it too their friends. But it just made me sick to think about.
Which on the back of the whole "child safety act" again I know that's not about protecting children as much as pushing forward the police state. But when giving a chance to actually protect a child who was raped...