Child restraint rules challenged – BBC News
“A judicial review will be conducted at the High Court into the use of physical restraint to control children detained in secure training centres.”
BBC News, 4th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: young offenders
Judge locks up boy indefinitely for attempting to rape teenager – The Times
“A 14-year-old boy who tried to rape a teenage girl has been told that he will remain in custody until he is no longer considered to be a danger to the public.”
The Times, 3rd December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Burglar freed early battered mother to death – Daily Telegraph
“A teenage serial burglar battered a mother to death in her home after being freed early from prison with an electronic tag.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Teenagers who boasted about killing young father get life – The Times
“Three teenagers were detained for life yesterday for the murder of a young father who was killed because he left his house to ask them to be quiet.”
The Times, 24th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Killer should have been in jail when he stabbed bus passenger over chips – The Times
“An investigation has started into the criminal justice failings that resulted in a bus passenger being killed by a man who should not have been released from prison.”
The Times, 23rd November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Ghanaian court finds British girls guilty of drug smuggling – The Guardian
“Two 16-year-old schoolgirls from north London are waiting to hear how long they must spend behind bars after being convicted in Ghana yesterday of attempting to smuggle cocaine worth £300,000 to Britain.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Launch of joint youth justice unit – Ministry of Justice
“A joint Governmental youth justice unit was launched today [13 November] by Justice Minister David Hanson MP.”
Ministry of Justice press release, 13th November 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Jail term cut for ‘feral’ killers – BBC News
“Two Cheshire teenagers who terrorised a vulnerable man before beating him to death and throwing his body in a river, have had their life sentences cut.”
BBC News, 8th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge hits out at ‘perverse’ gun society – Daily Telegraph
“A judge attacked as ‘perverse’ the way sections of modern society view guns as he jailed a mother and her teenage son over the fatal shooting of the woman’s 12-year-old daughter.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st November 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Police ordered to destroy decades-old petty crime records – The Independent
“Four police forces in England and Wales have been ordered to destroy criminal records of minor offences committed by teenagers who have gone on to lead unblemished adult lives but claim they are still being punished for their past misdemeanours.”
The Independent, 1st November 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Batons age limit may be lowered – The Guardian
“Staff at young offenders institutions could be allowed to use batons on children as young as 15 after the Ministry of Justice said it would review current guidelines.”
The Guardian, 22nd October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Children’s tsar attacks youth justice policy – The Guardian
“The children’s tsar today attacked the government’s youth justice policy, which he warned is enraging and alienating young people.”
The Guardian, 15th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
£4,000 court costs for child’s sausage roll theft – Daily Telegraph
“A police force hauled a child through the courts at a cost of £4,000 for stealing half a sausage roll it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina (JL) (a Youth) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
State’s duty to investigate
Regina (JL) (a Youth) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“Where there was a near death or death in custody the state was obliged to investigate the facts and explain. It was not for the victim or family to establish some arguable case before that investigation took place.”
The Times, 2nd October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication
Inmates ‘forcibly strip-searched’ – BBC News
“Young offenders are being forcibly strip searched according to a report by prison inspectors.”
BBC News, 27th September 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Reclassification of cannabis ‘fuels youth crime wave’ – The Independent
“Cannabis use among Britain’s young offenders is ‘out of control’, up by 75 per cent in some areas and fuelling a crime epidemic, with youngsters stealing to fund their addictions, according to two studies.”
The Independent, 17th September 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
New “youth juries” to punish yobs – BBC News
“Teenage vandals, bullies and binge drinkers are to have punishments decided by other youngsters in a pilot project to be launched later this year.”
BBC News, 12 September 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Report into death of boy, 14, calls for reform of youth custody – The Guardian
“A report into Britain’s youngest death in custody will today condemn the youth justice system for treating 14-year-old Adam Rickwood more as a tearaway deserving to be locked up rather than a vulnerable child in need of care.”
The Guardian, 3rd September 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Three teenagers guilty of murder – BBC News
“Three teenagers have been convicted of murder and one of manslaughter over the death of 19-year-old Liam Smith who was shot outside Altcourse prison.”
BBC News, 24th August 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Boy is accused of sausage assault – BBC News
“A 12-year-old boy was charged with assault and taken before the courts – for throwing a cocktail sausage.”
BBC News, 22nd August 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
