Teens who abducted child walk, judge’s hands tied

As the Queensland Government vows to crack down on youth crime in the wake of a spate of high-profile incidents, Children’s Court Judge William Everson said he was forced to give the teen crims probation because under the law, detention could only be ordered as a last resort. “What do you have to do for it (detention) to be the only available sentence?’,” he said during the sentencing hearing. He told a prosecutor, who suggested lengthy probation orders for the trio: “I don’t think a…



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