Martin Brunt August 31, 2011 3:11 PM
The boss of the Barnardo's charity said the court had over-reacted in its treatment of an 11-year-old who was caught nicking a waste bin from a smashed up store during the riots, but what do you think?
The youngest rioter in London took the bin after others had smashed the windows of Debenhams in Romford, causing £6,000 worth of damage, on the night of widespread trouble.
Five days earlier he'd admitted trying to set fire to a bus, slashing seats with a Stanley knife and then smashing his way through the glass exit door when the driver wouldn't let him off.
The bus was moving at the time.
For the bin theft he was given an 18-month youth rehabilitation order, which will include a variety of restrictions on his freedom. He could end up in care.
The district judge told him if he'd been a bit older (that's the boy, not the judge) he would have sent him to prison.
The boy's lawyer said it was all the fault of his dad who was "known to police" and had recently been in prison.
His father did not "give him boundaries" and allowed him to come and go as he pleased.
His mother was doing the best she could, said the lawyer.
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