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Originally Posted by HarryT
That depends where they live. In Scotland, the "age of criminal responsibility" is 8; in the rest of the UK it's 10. There was a very famous murder case here in the UK a few years ago where two 10-year-old boys abducted and murdered a 2-year-old; both boys were convicted of murder and imprisoned. See here for more details. |
I remember the case. I also remember that the UK was trying to get Australia to take them once released from prison, complete with new identities and the obligatory seal on the past conviction so that no one would know it was them.
Never did hear if they did end up in Australia or not though.
Cheers,
PKFFW