A teenage rape victim has criticized a court’s decision to release three boys from jail after they were convicted of attacking two girls in Hampshire, Britain.The victim, now 16, spoke to the BBC after the defendants were given youth rehabilitation orders instead of custodial sentences at Southampton Crown Court.“What was the point of putting me into this?” He said.The girl was 15 when she was raped in an underpass near the River Avon in Fordingbridge in November 2024 after traveling to meet a boy they had interacted with on Snapchat.In January 2025 two boys, now aged 15, were convicted of the attack and a separate rape involving another teenage girl. A third defendant, now 14, was also convicted for his role in the second attack.The court heard the attacks were filmed on mobile phones, with some of the footage later circulated online.The two older boys received three-year youth rehabilitation orders with intensive supervision and monitoring requirements, while the youngest defendant was given an 18-month order.At sentencing, Judge Nicholas Rowland said he wanted to avoid “criminalizing” the “very young” defendants, although he acknowledged the seriousness of the crimes and said that filming the attacks made them “all the more serious”.The judge also said that peer pressure had played a “big role” in the incidents.Reacting to the verdict, the victim said the verdict hit “like a rock straight in my face”.He said, “It seemed as if what the boys did was not OK, but in the eyes of the law it was OK because they were still kids.”The teen also described the emotional stress of having to relive the attacks during court proceedings.“Why did I put myself through the pain of going to court, going through the trial, reliving everything because of the evidence, and seeing it all happen again?” He said.She said she waited six months before reporting the attack because she was struggling to cope with the trauma.She said, “I said it because I was losing it. I was going fast. I needed help, but I didn’t know how to get it, so I spoke out.”His family also criticized the sentencing results and described the punishments as inadequate.The girl’s mother appealed to the authorities to reconsider the case and urged the government to intervene.“Please help,” she said.“If this was your daughter, your niece, your son, your nephew, your family member, would you be happy?”His partner said he felt “physically ill” after hearing the sentencing verdict and claimed the culprits “got away scot-free”.