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Former Qld Law Society president Bill Potts says teen law review must be non-emotional
Any debate about whether juveniles behind the wheel should be tried as adults, following the deaths of two pedestrians, needs to be “non-emotional”, says one of Queensland’s most eminent barristers.
Kate Leadbetter, 31, and Matty Field, 37, died after being struck by a vehicle, allegedly driven by a 17-year-old boy, as they crossed at a set of traffic lights in Alexandra Hills on Tuesday.
Under Queensland law, the teen will be tried in the Children’s Court because he is under 18, and that has placed the state’s justice system under…
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