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But it can be simplified.
I knew right from wrong at ten years old. Simple as that. If the kids are mental there are provisions in law that account for that, re they knew the quality of their act.
All because I come from a, lets say, stable family, and have a modicum of intellect should not deter from the fact that the criminal element does exist at 10 years old.
If we start saying "Oh they come from a poor home" They are "fatherless" etc, then we will create a class distinction.
Now the social working left wing pro-taliban brigade of British leftism, want equality.
Surely as I and my entire friend network at ten years old knew right from wrong, we must as a nation clamp down on ten year old felons.
The law has been set as such, not on a whim but after countless evidence from the police, head teacher, social workers, psychologists etc.
As these girls were 16, far surpassing 10 years, they are as good as adults.
Let's hope African gaols are full of poo and c0ckroaches.