[Tom]

Originally Posted by WOMBAI

Yes, the age is 10 and they are thinking of raising it to 12. Maybe, more serious cases like Venables/Thompson should be treated differently though, as you say!

Venables/Thompson should have been rehabilitated instead of dumped into a young offenders institute and then released ... its a disaster waiting to happen and they couldn't have learned any social skills or know what normality is.