Two teenagers who beat and raped woman detained

Two teenage boys have each been given custodial sentences for the rape of a woman at an abandoned house in Hull.

The boys, 15 and 17, who cannot be named due to their ages, were also convicted of false imprisonment and assault in relation to the incident on 3 July 2025.

The 15-year-old was found guilty of sexual assault in connection with a separate attack involving a teenage girl in June.

Sitting at Grimsby Crown Court, Judge Richard Woolfall sentenced the older boy to six years in detention, with an extended license period of five years, and the younger boy to four years, with an extended licence period of five years.

The 15-year-old was also handed a three-month custodial sentence in relation to the sexual assault charge, to run concurrently.

Both defendants were found guilty in January by a jury of three counts of rape, false imprisonment and assault occasioning actual bodily harm, but not guilty of intentional suffocation.

In his sentencing remarks, the judge told the court it was an "extremely serious" offence, adding neither defendant had demonstrated "a lack of remorse" or "an acceptance of any wrongdoing".

Both had also shown "little regard for women", and no regard for the victim in this case, the judge said.

He told them they would be eligible to apply for parole after serving two thirds of their sentences, but only if they had successfully completed offence-focused work - with an acceptance what they did was wrong.

At this moment, both defendants posed "a significant risk" of reoffending, he added.

In a victim impact statement, the woman described a "horrific and sustained" attack at the hands of the defendants, adding: "They will never understand the impact of what they did.

"I felt like it was never going to end and there was no way out.

"It is no secret I was a sex worker for a couple of years prior to the attack, and I can honestly say I have never experienced anything close to what they did to me.

"I am now fearful of going out."

A victim impact statement from the teenage girl was also read to the court.

It described how she had suffered sleepless nights as a result of what happened, and had been left feeling scared to walk past boys she did not know.

"I now have trust issues, and I am finding it hard to trust new people," she said.

She described the trial process as "extremely upsetting", adding she hoped her attacker "thinks about what he has done to me, and gets the help he needs to understand how to treat woman properly".

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