An 18th birthday is bad news for children awaiting trial
Youth offender, adult criminal
When Rob Moussalli, a criminal-defence solicitor at Burton Copeland, a law firm in Manchester, started representing a 15-year-old arrested in connection with a violent crime in December 2019, he expected the case to make its way to court quickly. Instead the police investigation dragged on for months, then years. His client turned 16, then 17. Mr Moussalli calls the delays “ridiculous”. For others in the same boat, they can be life-altering.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Youth offender, adult criminal”
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