Justice Secretary Damian Green has called for more young offenders to be dealt with in magistrates’ courts rather than being sent to Crown Court. Green pointed to the fact that 3,200 defendants under 18 years old were committed to the Crown Court for trial in 2012, despite youth courts being specifically set up to deal with children.
The number of offences committed by young people in Hartlepool have dropped by nearly a fifth over the past year. The Hartlepool Mail reports that in 2012/13, the town’s youth offending service dealt with a total of 151 young offenders who committed 292 offences – an 18 per cent reduction in offenders and a 22 per cent cut in the number of offences compared to the previous 12 months.
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