Three teenagers escaped prison after gang-raping two schoolgirls.
The country is shocked and disgusted.
But it is explicit government policy to send fewer criminals under eighteen to prison.
I’ve written to David Lammy demanding he changes course.
The rapists filmed themselves raping their victims, laughed at them, and held one at knifepoint.
The judge said he wouldn’t send them to prison because they were “very young and none of you have been in any big trouble before.” dailymail.com/news/article-1…
Lammy says sending fewer young criminals to prison is an “achievement”.
He has launched a dangerous review to find out the purpose of court for teenage criminals.
I say the purpose is to lock up serious criminals including brutal gang-rapists.
We should compare it with the internal email sent by WMP that purported to summarise the "intelligence" they said they had received from the Netherlands.
This Dutch report says the trouble started with "aggression and threats" towards Israelis.