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A minimum 4 month custodial sentence for 16-17 years olds carrying a knife. * * On the second occasion. * And still at the judges discretion so not really compulsory.

The biggest issue for me is that young offenders are not punished appropriately for serious offences. These youths are often not in education or in Pupil Referral Units which are not fit for purpose. Speaking from experience I have known youths commit a pre medicated vicious assault resulting...