Policy & Practice: Briefing - Lessons youth offending teams mustlearn

So who is Peter Williams? The Daily Mail's worst nightmare and a truly difficult case for anyone charged with supervising him. He was first cautioned at the age of 10 for theft, received his first court order at 13, and further orders for handling stolen goods and theft at 15. At this age his father died, and with no home or family influence his offending rapidly escalated. He received three detention and training orders, each time reoffending shortly after release.

On 10 September 2003, aged 17, he was released on licence from a detention and training order and subjected to an intensive supervision and surveillance programme (ISSP) and curfew. He breached the curfew and removed his electronic tag. On 30 September he was involved in an armed robbery in Nottingham during which jeweller Marian Bates was killed.