Is it me, or are we getting more & more stories now about kids committing absolutely horrible crimes?
This week alone has had...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/s...re/4337153.stm
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Three teenagers have been jailed for life for hacking a friend to death with two scythes in a field near Sheffield.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4340339.stm
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A 13-year-old boy has been detained for life for raping his teacher during a one-to-one session.
The County Durham schoolboy, who was 12 when he carried out the assault in November 2004, admitted rape and theft at an earlier hearing.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/4341841.stm
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Two 16-year-old boys have been sentenced to life for raping a 13-year-old girl on a beach in Devon.
At the time, Aaron Hull and Daniel Collins-Frampton, then both 15, were on unsupervised leave from a children's home in Torquay which has now closed.
The pair were found guilty at Exeter Crown Court in December 2004 of rape, robbery and attempted robbery.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/4332451.stm
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A 17-year-old boy has been found guilty of manslaughter after pushing a boy into a river where he drowned.
Dave Berry, 16, who could not swim and was afraid of water, died in the River Stour in Dorset, on 9 June 2004.
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Then there was also that kid in Scotland who was convicted (but I think is Appealing) of stabbing his girlfriend to death.
Plus, some lesser crimes I remember recently... The new year saw a young boy get convicted for drink driving. He was the UK's youngest ever convicted drink driver.... until a few weeks later, when a young girl was convicted of drink driving.