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Youth gang members receive life sentences after vicious attack on rival

Four young men, three of them teenagers, received life sentences today (21 May 2109) after a Snapchat video and a conversation between offenders in the back of a police van helped secure their conviction for the murder of a 16-year-old boy.

Emerging Areas of Child Abuse and Exploitation

Speech by Max Hill QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, to the Heads of Prosecuting Agencies Conference in Uganda, 15-17 April 2019

Teenager sentenced to life for manslaughter of seven-year-old

A 16-year-old girl has been sentenced after pleading guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility following the death of seven-year-old Katie Rough.

The teenager, who was 15 at the time of Katie's death and who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted the charge at an earlier hearing at Leeds Crown Court.

She was sentenced today, Friday 24 November, at the same court.

Katie was found with serious injuries to her throat and upper body in Woodthorpe, York on 9 January this year, and was pronounced dead later in hospital.

Pair who threw acid in victims' faces jailed

A pair who threw sulphuric acid in the faces of two men who challenged them over anti-social behaviour have been jailed today (1 November) at Snaresbrook Crown Court.

Pair who threw acid in victims' faces jailed

A pair who threw sulphuric acid in the faces of two men who challenged them over anti-social behaviour have been jailed today (1 November) at Snaresbrook Crown Court.

Youth crime

The criminal justice system treats children and young people differently from adults and significant weight must be attached to the age of the suspect if they are a child or young person under 18.

Age of criminality

The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is 10 years old. This means that children under 10 can’t be arrested or charged with a crime. There are other punishments that can be given to children under 10 who break the law.

Children between 10 and 17 can be arrested and taken to court if they commit a crime.

Youth Conditional Cautions (The Director's Guidance)

3rd Edition: January 2015

Youth Offenders

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Motorway stone throwing culprits jailed

Peter Nugent (18) of Lawrence Weston, Bristol and Jordan Arendorf (18) of Saltmarsh Drive, Bristol appeared before Mr Recorder Grice for sentencing at Bristol Crown Court today (Friday 29th September) having been found guilty at an earlier hearing for throwing objects onto moving vehicles on M5 and M49 motorways, between April and June 2016.

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