Children criminalised at 10
Report from The Detail
Over on the web site The Detail, Kathryn Torney reports that almost 100 children aged between 10 and 12-years-old were convicted of crimes in Northern Ireland over a five year period.
During the same period, over 550 young people aged between 13 and 17 were sentenced to custody.
The figures have been released under Freedom of Information legislation as a review team set up by the Department of Justice continues to examine Northern Ireland’s youth justice system and our low age of criminal responsibility.
