“A teenager found covered in the blood of a 64-year-old man he stabbed 72 times has failed to cut his 28-year minimum jail term for the murder.”
BBC News, 3rd May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Child protection rules were breached when a teenager with learning difficulties was held in a court cell for adults, the High Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 4th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“It was contrary to article 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and consequently unlawful, for the Secretary of State for the Home Department to direct, as she had done through Code C of the Code of Practice under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (‘PACE Code C’), that 17-year-olds might be treated as adults when in police detention.”
WLR Daily, 25th April 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A teenager has won a High Court victory over the Home Secretary Theresa May’s policy of treating 17-year-olds taken into custody as adults – depriving them of protections offered to those aged 16 and under.”
The Independent, 25th April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Senior police officers are backing a change to the law so that 17-year-olds are treated as juveniles in custody and their parents are informed if they are arrested.”
The Guardian, 24th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teenage paedophile who dragged an 11-year-old girl into a park and repeatedly raped her for three hours is facing a life sentence after being convicted of the attack.”
The Guardian, 18th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three teenagers who beat a homeless man to death following a dare have been ordered to be detained.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 14-year-old girl who persuaded her boyfriend to stab a boy who she felt had treated her disrespectfully has been sentenced to eight years detention for manslaughter.”
The Guardian, 5th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“MPs have raised serious concerns about the rising use of force to restrain young offenders in detention last year.”
The Guardian, 14th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who drove ‘like a maniac’ the wrong way down a dual carriageway with no
lights on at night to escape police has been given a year’s youth custody.”
BBC news, 7th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A privately run youth jail illegally punished seven teenagers after they were involved in a protest over conditions on their wing, a high court judge has ruled.”
The Guardian, 7th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A promise to end routine strip-searching of children in custody is being flouted, according to data revealing there were more than 43,000 recorded incidences involving children as young as 12 over a 21-month period – but in only 275 searches were illicit items found.”
The Guardian, 3rd March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A promising Manchester City youth team player has been jailed for 16 months for
killing a brother and sister by smashing into their car while speeding in a
high-powered Mercedes.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Three teenage boys who kicked and punched a homeless man to death have been convicted of murder at Liverpool Crown Court.”
BBC News, 26th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The attorney general is taking legal action against several people who published photographs said to show one of James Bulger’s killers.”
BBC News, 25th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The High Court will hear a legal challenge to the practice of treating 17-year-olds detained in police custody as adults, in a judicial review being brought by Just For Kids Law next week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd February 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
The constitutional right of access to the courts was properly to be understood as a duty owed by the state not to place obstacles in the way of access to justice, and did not entail a positive duty to seek out and notify individuals with potential claims against the state; nor was there anything in the Strasbourg jurisprudence on articles 3, 6 and 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms to justify the imposition of such a duty.
WLR Daily, 6th February 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“‘Transforming Youth Custody: Putting education at the heart of detention’ describes the Government’s plans for placing high quality education at the centre of youth custody. Plans to reform youth custody will see young people appropriately punished while at the same time learning to take responsibility for their actions and gaining the skills and qualifications they need to lead productive, law-abiding lives. The paper invites views and outline proposals from a wide range of stakeholders and providers describing how they would implement our vision for Secure Colleges.”
Ministry of Justice, 14th February 2013
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Academies and free schools are to be invited to take over education in young offender institutions (YOIs) as part of a radical plan to create ‘secure training colleges’.”
The Guardian, 14th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Reoffending by children and young people who commit sexual offences can be prevented, but opportunities to intervene early were often missed by professionals, according to independent inspectors. Today they published the report of a joint inspection on children and young people who sexually offend.”
Ministry of Justice, 7th February 2013
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Related link: Examining Multi-Agency Responses to Children and Young People who sexually offend (PDF)
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