‘Adult crime, adult time’ – Row as Australian territory locks up 10-year-olds again
BBC/Simon Atkinson A protest was held outside the Northern Territory’s parliament in Darwin as MPs debated lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 10 ‘Thomas’ – not his real name – was 13 years old when he began his first stint in prison. Following the sudden death of his father, he had robbed a shop in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT). He was detained for a week but, within a month,
