Liam Ross, of Dartford, Kent, had his sentence increased by three years to 15 years' imprisonment with a one-year licence extension after Attorney General Ellie Reeves KC MP referred his case to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme, according to a 4 September 2026 press release from the Attorney General's Office. The Court of Appeal raised the sentence on 3 September 2026; Ross had been sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on 2 March 2026 to 12 years with a one-year licence extension.

The release said Ross, 29 at the time of the offending, met a 16-year-old victim over social media and gave her money after meetings. It said he raped her in April 2025 when she was unconscious after drinking alcohol. In May 2025, the release said, he gave the 16-year-old and a 12-year-old alcohol, raped the 12-year-old and filmed the abuse, then gave them money. Police found indecent images of children and recordings of some May 2025 offences on his phone, it said. A victim's mother said in a statement that her daughter no longer feels safe and suffers severe anxiety and depression.