Juvenile justice ‘farce’ sparks teen crime crisis

CHILDREN are carrying out more crimes involving extreme violence and the system for dealing with them is a “farce”, probation officers warned yesterday.

The comments follow the sentencing last Friday of four teenagers for the gang rape of a woman. Three of the minors were on bail at the time, while the fourth, the gang ringleader, was supposed to be in jail.

“Juveniles are committing more and more serious crime,” said Oliver Fallon, spokesman for the probation and welfare branch of IMPACT.