Epoch Times - Peter McIlvenna highlights how little punishment grooming gangs are receiving in the UK.

April 9, 2026 - Epoch Times

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Peter McIlvenna highlights how little punishment grooming gangs are receiving in the UK.

Peter McIlvenna condemns the UK justice system's leniency in grooming gang cases, highlighting a perpetrator sentenced to six-and-a-half years for two counts of child rape who was released after just three-and-a-half years due to good behavior. He argues that such early releases effectively nullify punishment, asserting that mandatory 25-year or life sentences are essential to ensure genuine accountability and deter future crimes against children. [Automatically generated summary]
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Transcriber: CohereLabs/cohere-transcribe-03-2026, sat-12l-sm, and large-v3-turbo

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	I'm working with Liz, is her story or her name, and she was raped twice as a 14 year old, 15 year old.
	Her perpetrator was jailed for six and a half years, was released after three and a half years for good behavior.
	Two cases of child rape, three and a half years in jail.
	How is that acceptable?
	So, we have shockingly lenient sentences from our courts, and the way you deal with this is to put a 25 year sentence, a life sentence for child rape.
	Then we will maybe begin to see changes, but if you let these people out for three and a half years for good behaviour, that's the problem there's no punishment for the crime.

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I'm working with Liz, is her story or her name, and she was raped twice as a 14 year old, 15 year old.

Her perpetrator was jailed for six and a half years, was released after three and a half years for good behavior.

Two cases of child rape, three and a half years in jail.

How is that acceptable?

So, we have shockingly lenient sentences from our courts, and the way you deal with this is to put a 25 year sentence, a life sentence for child rape.

Then we will maybe begin to see changes, but if you let these people out for three and a half years for good behaviour, that's the problem there's no punishment for the crime.