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Youth sentenced for bringing knife to school and stabbing teacher

A youth has been sentenced after he brought a knife to a school and stabbed a teacher in the stomach.

The 15-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was sentenced at Bristol Magistrates Court today (28 September 2023) to a 14-month detention and training order after pleading guilty to one count of possessing a bladed article and one count of attempting to wound with intent.

On the morning of 10 July 2023, the defendant called the police from a toilet cubicle in Tewkesbury School and told them that someone was going to stab a teacher.

Incorrect story in The Times on age of criminal responsibility

Today the Times is running an incorrect story which falsely claims that in a recent podcast interview, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Max Hill QC, called for the age of criminal responsibility to be raised.

CPS Response to the HMCPSI Inspection Report in Relation to Serious Youth Crime

HMCPSI have today [5 March 2020] published a report into the work of the CPS in relation to Serious Youth Crime.

Emerging Areas of Child Abuse and Exploitation

Speech by Max Hill QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, to the Heads of Prosecuting Agencies Conference in Uganda, 15-17 April 2019

Youth crime

The criminal justice system treats children and young people differently from adults and significant weight must be attached to the age of the suspect if they are a child or young person under 18.

Conditional Cautioning: Youths – DPP Guidance

Issued to Police Officers and Crown Prosecutors under S37A of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

Children as suspects and defendants

The CPS is committed to ensuring that the special considerations which apply to cases involving a young offender are enshrined in its working practices and form part of the training of its prosecutors.

Computer Misuse Act

This guidance is designed to assist prosecutors considering cases involving offences or attacks against computer systems such as hacking or denial of service (DOS) attacks. The Computer Misuse Act (CMA) has been updated a number of times in line with changes in technology and criminal activity and to give the court increased sentencing powers.

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