Boy, 9, arrested for drink-driving

[The Lawspeaker]

Boy, 9, arrested for drink-driving
A nine-year-old boy has been arrested for drink-driving in Cumbria, police records show.

The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was breathalysed and taken into police custody.

But when officers discovered his age they were forced to release him without charge as he was too young to be held accountable for his actions.

Safety campaigners have since demanded action to curb juvenile car crime.
The child was just one of thousands of under 18s arrested in the north of England over the past two years.

These included four 11-year-olds and a ten-year-old arrested in the Northumbria force area for car theft, and seven 12-year-olds arrested in Cleveland for the same crime.

During the same time period, Durham Police arrested one 12-year-old for aggravated vehicle taking and North Yorkshire Police arrested one ten-year-old for car theft.

These were among 2,467 juveniles arrested for crimes including car theft, aggravated vehicle taking, drink driving and under age driving.

Kath Hartley, of the charity Brake, which campaigns for lower speed limits, demanded road safety education be taught in school.

She told The Sunday Sun in Newcastle: ''It is incredibly concerning that young people are risking their own and other people's lives on the road.

''This must be addressed as a matter of urgency.
''Young people must be taught the dangers of getting behind the wheel without proper training.''

A Northumbria Police spokesman said juvenile car crime and motoring offences had dropped year on year.

A spokesman for Cumbria police said it was of "particular concern" when young people drove under the influence of alcohol, but that they were working hard to keep the roads safe.

Source: The Telegraph (15 May 2011)

[Magister Eckhart]

What's his race? Ethnicity? Religion? These are key factors in determining what kind of problem this is and how to address it.

[Efim45]

He should spend a long time in jail.

[The Lawspeaker]

He should spend a long time in jail.

A 9 year old that obviously has been under the wrong influence (in more then one way and no pun intended) ?
What on earth have you been drinking ?

[Efim45]

His parents have not raised him properly, so the only way to teach them a listen and teach the child that he did something wrong, is to put him in jail. If he isn't British, he should be executed. That'll teach those arabs.

[Murphy]

If he isn't British, he should be executed. That'll teach those arabs.

I've often been a little melodramatic whenever I state that something I've read at The Apricity is the most disgusting thing I have ever read on the internet or read period.

But I believe I am fully justified in saying that yes the above is without a doubt the most disgusting and vile thing I have ever read in my life.

[Efim45]

I meant to say "if he isn't white", sorry if you thought that I meant he should be killed if he were Irish.

[heathen_son]

His parents have not raised him properly, so the only way to teach them a listen and teach the child that he did something wrong, is to put him in jail.

:mmmm:

[Murphy]

I meant to say "if he isn't white", sorry if you thought that I meant he should be killed if he were Irish.

Oh I understood perfectly what you said. The fact that you would advocate the killing of a nine year old boy on the basis that he's non-white is absolutely despicable.

[The Lawspeaker]

His parents have not raised him properly, so the only way to teach them a listen and teach the child that he did something wrong, is to put him in jail. If he isn't British, he should be executed. That'll teach those arabs.

And you call yourself a Christian ? :mmmm: