Three girls detained for sexual assault ‘happy slapping’ of teenage boy

THREE girls who took part in a brutal “happy slapping” attack in which a teenage boy was sexually assaulted were yesterday ordered to be detained.

A 17-year-old said to be the ringleader in the boy’s ordeal received four years’ detention, a 16-year-old got three years’ detention and another 17-year-old was made subject to a two-year detention and training order.

The girls, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were convicted at Inner London Crown Court on August 9 of false imprisonment and “causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent”.