The deprived childhood defence?

It's madness they should be locked up in juvenile detention with rap sheets like that.

Last night -
they are out now on bail.  WTF?

https://7news.com.au/news/five-teenagers-arrested-following-string-of-alleged-bu...

Five teenagers charged following string of alleged burglaries and carjacking in Melbourne’s east
The youngest of the teenagers involved in the incident is aged 13.


Five teenage boys— including one aged 13 — have been charged over a string of alleged burglaries and a carjacking in Melbourne’s east.

The teenagers were detained on Tuesday night when police used a tyre-deflation device to stop an allegedly stolen car the group were travelling in.

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Melbourne alleged teen crime rampage.

Police initially spotted a white Range Rover Discovery driving erratically on Capital Ave in Glen Waverley about 11pm on Monday.

The car had earlier been stolen from Elwood, near the intersection of Mitford St and Glen Huntly Rd on Saturday, February 8, police said.


It had then allegedly been involved in multiple burglaries from about 9.30pm on February 10 — two in Croydon where cigarettes were stolen and an attempted burglary at a service station in Bayswater North.

As the Range Rover drove from Glen Waverley through multiple suburbs on Monday night, it was followed the Air Wing and police on the ground.

Not long after, the car was dumped in Wantirna, with a group of teenagers then allegedly attempting to steal another car at the intersection of Burwood Hwy and Stud Rd.

They need to bring in mandatory sentencing so that the dumb-bum magistrates have no option.