8 Year olds caught stealing cars

[Demonica]

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Two eight-year-old boys who skipped school, stole two cars and went joyriding in north Queensland won't be charged because they're too young.
The boys left Bluewater State School about 2.30pm (AEST) on Monday, stole the cars and took them for a joyride.
"Due to their age they're not legally responsible for their actions," police said on Wednesday.
"It looks like they'll be counselled."
Education department north Queensland regional director Mike Ludwig said the boys were seen absconding from school and ignored orders to return.
"At that stage they were over the back fence and refused to come back," Mr Ludwig said.
"They crossed Bluewater Creek and went off into the wild blue yonder."
The school reported the matter to police.
"The school was right on the ball in making sure the police were there," Mr Ludwig said.
"We're extremely pleased that no one was injured."
Their age may have saved them from the full force of the law, but they're still in hot water with school authorities.
The pair will be suspended for the rest of the term.
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Don't know what everyone else thinks but these kids should be charged!! It's absolute bull that they are too young to be held accountable. They knew what they were doing was wrong and did it anyway.

[acarmody]

No, thier parents should be beaten. How would an 8 year old know how to steal a car, steal the keys, or....?

And great thier going to be suspended for the rest of the term. Yeah that really fixed the absentee from classes.

[VN_Luke]

Lol - they're out of school for one day and they get up to no good......


... so let's suspend them until school holidays start!

[Jesterarts]

I wish I'd known I would get away will all this stuff when I was 8... oh wait... I would have copped a benting across the backside to get me back in line if I even CONSIDERED something like this.

They'll be counselled... lol, yeah... they don't care that stealing cars is wrong but their going to take notice of someone trying to 'counsel' them.

What a joke.

[W84N01]

yeah, pull their pants down and smack their arses and you're charged with abuse or assault, and yet you as a parent are supposed to raise these children and try to teach them right from wrong.

I know plenty of kids that get suspended from school and they love it, it's just a free day at home to go do whatever they choose to do.

No respect, no discipline, no authority or allowability to actually raise your children the right way.

So the child does soemthing naughty, gets away with it, the parent gets the blame coz the government doesn't want to take the responsibility of taking away your parental rights to discipline your child in the first place..........

Can we keep running around in circles or can i stop chasing my effing tail now?

i was constantly beaten as a child (i was a bad girl lol) and i turned out ok

[Tsunamix]

A quote that started in the 13'th century -

"Spare the Rod - Spoil the child"....

Never were truer words spoken....

[minux]

Why cant these kids be put down now?

We put down horses that cant run, dogs who bite because they are of no use.

These children are 8 and already committing serious crime. They will be of no use to society. Destroy them.

[Tsunamix]

Im not sure it's the kids fault. My opinion is that the parents should be tried for the crimes their underage children committ.

[Big_Simmo]

I reckon they should either be punished to the full extent of the law as an adult or put down.
Either option is good by me

If they are out doing this at 8 there is no hope for them being anything useful as an adult so screw them.

[W84N01]

Im not sure it's the kids fault. My opinion is that the parents should be tried for the crimes their underage children committ.

The child should also be punished for their crime. Why punish the adult? Yea absolutely make them acountable for not parenting their child properly, but the child has to be punished so they can start to learn the lesson of consequences of their actions.

[pillzor]

wow i love this forum .... KILL THE 8 YEAR OLD CRIMS!!

[Demonica]

The child should also be punished for their crime. Why punish the adult? Yea absolutely make them acountable for not parenting their child properly, but the child has to be punished so they can start to learn the lesson of consequences of their actions.

Exactly! Why would the kids give a damn if their parents are punished for their crimes. Unbelievable how stupid school are these days. Suspend the kid, send them home to have a holiday- an absolute joke. As for the law what sort of message are they sending to kids if two 8y/o car thieves get away with no punishment what so ever because they consider them too young to be responsible for their own behavior? They should at the very least have to do some kind of community service, wouldn't hurt to send them to the lock-up for a day as well. Maybe then they might learn their lesson.

[TobyDSim]

What a load of crap.
Just shows how pathetic law enforcment and society in general is at present. So basically they get the rest of the term off for doing the wrong thing. Way to send a great message. Surely they could come up with something better than that. Like helping the groundsman out for a certain amount of hours. Community service. Something... Too young my arse. If they know how to steal cars. They know how to work off their debt at least.
No rules, no morals, let's do whatever we want cause' we know we'll get away with it. And they seem to clue into this at a younger age these days.
What if they'd injured themselves or someone else? Or totalled the cars? Who pays for that? Taxpayers? Why not. We pay for every other crime commited in this country.

And this is what past sacrifices were made for... Look what it's turning into... Diggers would be rolling over in their graves.

End rant.

[Tsunamix]

Dunno if you can effectively punish an 8 year old - not being a parent myself. The legal system would be limited to custodial sentences or something. Not sure how I can see a child 'retaining' the information and results that the crime caused them in a long term way. I can't see the state being allowed to physically punish a child unfortunatley, despite that being the most effective way to do it. I mean - children learn that if Something is hot, it hurts to touch it. That physical harm is the single most effective teacher there is - due to the physical pain, and the immedicay of the result. IT HURTS NOW , as opposed to "Uh why are you locking me in a room on my own, 3 months after I stole a car ?". But punishing the parents will teach the parents to be more strict with their children and their behaviour in future. Cant see an intelligent parent not kicking the arse of his child if he gets seen near a car that doesn't belong to him again.

All this assumes the parents arent uncaring druggos or something - in which the children should go into the protective services rehoming plan thing.

You might also want to think about parents with multiple kids. I kid steals a car, parent gets punished. After that eachtime any of the parents 3 kids looks like doing something stupid the parent will kick their arse. Even if the parent doesnt give a damn about his kids, he probably will give a damn about himself, and he probably would try to make sure that he doesnt go to jail over what is underage kids do - by controlling / teaching his kids better.

If the parent doesnt give a damn, and the kid gets punished, will the other 2 kids also commit crimes ? probably because they didnt get punished, just someone else did...

[VKCOMMO]

hmm. Wonder where they learnt to steal them? And yeah, lets give them a good long holiday

[nathanVY]

Don't know what everyone else thinks but these kids should be charged!! It's absolute bull that they are too young to be held accountable. They knew what they were doing was wrong and did it anyway.

What a load of rubbish lol, imagine if you got criminally charged for all the stupid things you did when you were a kid!
If they had parents that cared about them they would probably be much different .

[minux]

What a load of rubbish lol, imagine if you got criminally charged for all the stupid things you did when you were a kid!
If they had parents that cared about them they would probably be much different .

The stupid things we did never involved stealing cars...nor any other major criminal activity.

[nathanVY]

The stupid things we did never involved stealing cars...nor any other major criminal activity.

Yes obviously not everyone was a maniac when they were 8 lol.

I'm just saying I think it's good they're trying to see what's wrong with these kids and not just burn them. There is a reason they have no respect for authority (we can see this both in their disrespect for the school, and again with theft and the police) - because they haven't been shown clearly their parents aren't good examples.

Because where else do you get your idea of authority from? In school they're taught to obey it, but they ignore that. The only other place (being 8 years old) is in the home.

[Jesterarts]

What a load of rubbish lol, imagine if you got criminally charged for all the stupid things you did when you were a kid!
If they had parents that cared about them they would probably be much different .

Yeah... I never commited serious crimes when I was a kid. Probably the worst thing I ever did in the eyes of the law would have been stealing a coke, a packet of chewy and a bottle of coconut oil from safeway.

The other stuff my mates and I would get upto was a annoyance rather than a crime...

This whole attitude of "they're kids they have to make mistakes" doesn't apply to serious crimes.

I do agree that alot of the responsibility of raising the kids does lay with the parents, but the responsibility of the actions should lay with the kids.

[minux]

stealing a coke, a packet of chewy and a bottle of coconut oil from safeway.

Sound slike a umm err err kinky night?

[Jesterarts]

Sound slike a umm err err kinky night?

Yeah would have been... too bad I forgot to nik some rubbers... All that effort and only an oil dutch rudder to show for it

Nah, was actually on the way to the beach in Summer, coconut oil was for the tan...

[Demonica]

What a load of rubbish lol, imagine if you got criminally charged for all the stupid things you did when you were a kid!
If they had parents that cared about them they would probably be much different .

I never did anything that I could've been criminally charged for when I was a kid. If I did my Dad would've beat the crap outta me. If a kid is stealing cars at age 8 imagine what they'll be doing at 18. They should be taught a lesson now so they think twice about doing it again.

[TVR-190]

Some future David Rowntree's

[Davie05]

8 yr old's stealing a car? Would it be racist of me to assume they were aboriginal?

[Harrison]

how many 8 year olds know how to steal cars?? and even see over the steering wheel too??

as retarded as this all is, research need be undertaken to determine the role the parents play... no kid works out how to drive a car on trial and error at 8.