Kirsty Brimelow KC, chairman of the Bar Council, said: ‘Bringing children into the criminal justice system is more likely to result in further offending.’

There have been calls to raise the age of criminal responsibility.

Shadow Lord Chancellor Nick Timothy said: ‘Labour must rule out raising the age of criminal responsibility. A girl was recently gang-raped by teenagers. One was 13. This would see criminals like them get no punishment.’

Source: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15936833/Lawyers-backing-Labour-calls-criminality-age-increase-14.html

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