How the hell does this happen? Two 17-year olds and an 18-year old in Great Britain target a family because they know the mother and father have learning disabilities and committ a series of crimes so disgusting (warning, this is genuinely disgusting even though no one was killed) that the trial judge describes it this way,
It is quite beyond the pale of normal understanding. I have many years of experience on the bench and criminal bar and although I have been concerned in more serious cases such as murder, I cannot remember any quite so revolting and degrading as this one.
Which means, of course, that rather than through the book at these two, one of them just had his sentence reduced from 24 months to 18 months. Almost as disgusting as the crime.
The European press often lambastes the United States for treating violent minors as if they were adults. Better to do that, though, than see this sort of monster back on the streets after only 18 months. No wonder crime is such a problem in Great Britain these days.