12 y/o boy arrested and charged for recieving a stolen chocolate

[Bigronnie]

Boy charged for receiving Freddo Frog

16 November 2009 | 05:28:15 PM | Source: AAP

A 12-year-old boy will fight charges that he received a chocolate Freddo frog allegedly stolen from a supermarket in regional Western Australia.

A lawyer for the boy, who appeared in Northam Children's Court on Monday, said he would plead not guilty to the two charges of receiving, which carry similar penalties to those of theft.

The boy is alleged to have received the chocolate from a friend who had stolen it from a supermarket and to have received a novelty sign stolen from another store.

The combined value of the frog and the sign is no more than several dollars.

Acting Superintendent Peter Halliday, of Northam police, said charges against juveniles as young as 12 were only laid as a last resort.

"It's not about the value, it's about stopping children from offending," Supt Halliday told reporters.

He denied there were any racial overtones to the matter and said police employed a number of methods to try to keep juveniles out of the court, including cautions and the use of juvenile justice teams.

"When they don't work it's entirely appropriate that we escalate matters to the children's court," he said.

He said it was a matter of "needing to do the right thing not only by the community but also by the child involved".

WA Aboriginal Legal Service chief lawyer Peter Collins, who is acting for the boy, would not comment on the matter outside court.

He had earlier described the prosecution as "scandalous" and said the situation was unlikely to have arisen if the boy had come from a "middle class, non-Aboriginal family" in Perth.

Mr Collins told Fairfax Radio network and the ABC on Monday that the boy had missed a court appearance last month because of a family misunderstanding.

He said when arrested, he had been apprehended at school and imprisoned for several hours in a holding cell at the local police station.

"The conditions in those cells are appalling and completely ill-equipped to hold young children," he said.

The boy was bailed to appear in court again on February 22 for the setting of a trial date.



World News Australia - Boy charged for receiving Freddo Frog

For those who don't know what a Freddo Frog is:

Freddo Frog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Demosthenes11]

western society is fucking stupid

[Priran]

Conveniently, absolutely no information is provided as to whether the kid was a little shithead. However, I have a hard time believing they would charge a kid for something this stupid unless they were an obnoxious brat.

[Jodwahh]

Fucking abbo's.

[Alleya]

western society is fucking stupid

Should have cut off his hand like in the middle east.

[Shuvo]

Lol it sounds sensational but my guess is the kid was acting like a mega brat in the store and it pissed the store manager off enough to call the cops, and then the kid acted like a brat when the cops came too.

The article points out the kid was aboriginal, but I'm not sure if its true racial discrimination though, cause i've noticed aboriginal kids tend to be the most brattiest.

[Demosthenes11]

Should have cut off his hand like in the middle east.

the middle east has no society

[MF Perm tha Fineass]

needs more skin whitener imo

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[Eticket]

I figure they'll just give him a booting and be done with it.

[Sasamichan]

western society is fucking stupid

True, but Australia is an eastern continent.

[Xno Kappa]

Who's part of the Commonwealth of Nations.

EDIT: Thanks.

[MF Perm tha Fineass]

Whose part of the Commonwealth of Nations.

who's

[Talus]

I guess it really is better to give than to receive.

[jmc]

I figure they'll just give him a booting and be done with it.

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[GRT]

which is more strange, the 12 yr old being charged for theft or some news agency doing a report on it?

[Eticket]

which is more strange, the 12 yr old being charged for theft or some news agency doing a report on it?

I haven't heard of too many kids getting charged over a few dollars worth of shit they didn't even steal. I could see why it's in the news, but I'm thinking there's more to the story as well.

[Brill Weave]

Long story short, darkie received stolen property from another darkie? Why is this newsworthy?

[MF Perm tha Fineass]

Long story short, darkie received stolen property from another darkie? Why is this newsworthy?

oh idunno

[Priran]

crimes involving darkies are always newsworthy unless it's that one was kidnapped

[archibaldcrane]

juveniles as young as 12 were only laid as a last resort.

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