Oxley kiddie thieves nabbed

Presumably they were in the custody of their parents at the time they were “squatting in the house for a number of days” so why have they been released into the custody of their parents? Before any tradies go to the house to begin repairs those children and their parents should be made to go and clean up. Then there should be financial consequences for the family until they have paid back the $20,000 plus rent for the poor family who have to live elsewhere while their home is fixed, no birthday presents for the brats and their siblings, no grog and smokes for the parents, nothing beyond basic food and heating which quite frankly would still be seen as luxury in some countries! No, scrap the heating too. This story has made me so angry and so sad.

As #3 said, this is very sad. Of course, for the unfortunate homeowners, but also for these two children, who seem to have been squatting in the house for some days, away from home. One of them is of primary school age. I wonder what can be done to bring home to them that they will end up in gaol if they keep this up?

They are so very young, which makes it perhaps more forgivable, and the emphasis has to be on helping them to change. Easy to say if it’s not your house that’s been wrecked, though.

Thumbs up to the neighbours for reporting suspicious behaviour and for the police apprehending them. A timely reminder why you should at least try and get along with some of your neighbours.

I feel really sorry for the occupants though. If they decide to stay in that house, it is going to take a long time to get over the violation and to be able to look at the walls and not think what has happened.

I hope they were insured, because from my understanding they would get nothing from the victims of crimes fund and I doubt that the parents would have a brass razoo ( okay I am making a some assumptions about the socio-economic status that would breed behaviour like this)

How do we protect society from this behaviour ?

Given some of the events that have occurred over the last couple of years and the “punishments” that have been dished out. I wonder if we are placing too much on the rights of the individual ( offender ) versus that of the community.

But then again if we don’t show leniency are we going to end up with a worse criminal underclass.

Makes me glad that I don’t work in the justice system, dealing with victims and offenders must be heartbreaking.

I thought people were stealing children, is it bad to feel disappointed here?

DrKoresh said :

They’re both old enough to be charged surely? I believe that once you reach ten years old you’re considered compos mentis in the eyes of the law, at least in this country.

This is disgusting news, I hope the kids are charged, or at the very least made to clean up and help repair the damage they caused. As for blaming their parents, in this case it sounds entirely justified, they should be made to foot the bill.

It says they will be summonsed to court, that is the same as getting charged…

Surely these little arseholes have a sense of smell? I seem to remember that one of the rules of life was that you didn’t shit in your own nest.

The parents need shooting for producing these losers.

They’re both old enough to be charged surely? I believe that once you reach ten years old you’re considered compos mentis in the eyes of the law, at least in this country.

This is disgusting news, I hope the kids are charged, or at the very least made to clean up and help repair the damage they caused. As for blaming their parents, in this case it sounds entirely justified, they should be made to foot the bill.

Bloody little mongrel dogs. I can almost understand why thieves would break into someone’s house to steal their property. There’s some ugly logic to that. But where oh where do these arsehats get the urge to throw food *and* their dung on the walls of the house they’ve broken into?

Things that would do that are not human beings, just some sort of unpleasant alien life form in human shape. I hope I never encounter them. If they’re lucky they won’t encounter me.

That’s one of the saddest stories I’ve ever read. Where the hell were the parents??

Little charmers. Top parenting.

Released back into the care of careless parents. Surely these behaviours prove the parents have not been at all good at parenting.