Too right. For too long this country has been far too soft on anti social behaviour from under 18′s.

We need strictor laws to punish misbehaving youths and also to punish parents who for whatever reason do not bring up children to understand the difference between right and wrong.

These parents of the children above should have been severly punished before the this came to court ie very big fines and the children being taken into care.

I would also go further to add that these parents should be looking at a 2 year stint behind bars themselves

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Good! It’s about time something was done about this kind of crime, the sooner these oiks realise it’s zero tolerance perhaps crime rates will drop and stay down.

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I agree with Dan: name them and shame them.

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BECk if the children do not respect the parents whose fault it that?

In my view that is the parents fault for not bringing the children they bring into this world up correctly.

For that one reason the parents are JUST as responsible as the children.

If parents actually took an interest in their children each evening instead of sitting down in front of the idiot box or going to pubs and ignoring what out of control childrenetc this world would be a safer and nicer place.

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i hope he gets slapped rotten in prison

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bring back hanging for this lout

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Parents have lost any right they had to bring their kids up right. You can’t stop them from going out when grounded because THEY have the right to freedom, you can’t smack for fear of being reproted to child line, you stop pocket money they find other ways of getting hold of cash. I’m not just making excusses but it’s hard to keep control these days. And this sort of trouble has always been there it just seems worse because they film it on their phones. Bullying, heavy drinking, drugs and stealing all went on when i was at school too.

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I could slap him, see how he likes it the little yob, this behaviour is disgusting and must be stamped out

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Kids right from the age of 10 or 11 KNOW when they are doing something wrong; it’s about time the legal age limit was lowered (especially with this kind of crime). Surely we have a right to know who they are? Name and shame them, they don’t have the right to anonimity.

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listen..cant blame da parents 4 dis i no da boyz that did it they hav all got gd parents,its the enviroment us youths are growing pu in – its the goverments fault – id luv 2 c half of u grow up in south east telford – ur 4ts wud b differant den

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south east telford – your making it sound all gangster come on telford isnt that big to split it up like that!!! we are in a agricultural county not london! its people like you that fustrate me thinking your all real hard…. its people like you that gives telford and other towns bad names!

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Sorry, akhmed, could you repeat that in English?

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Akhmed – What?

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Send them to the army. Our forces are low on recruits, and they could occupy all the junior positions.

Make them contribute to society, dont put them behind bars so we can pay for them to eat. I’d sooner let them starve.

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the government made me film my mates beating up some kid

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I agree, im 19, i have a good job, i pay taxes and i know whats right and wrong. I wasnt brought up in the best parts of Telford but i wanted to make something of myself and later on in the year will take an open uni course in English so i can improve and get a better job -im fed up of people being stereotypical about young people. I can understand though that being brought up in an environment where you have to be ‘hard’ and fighting gives you respect does make other young people have a harder start in life. I think its up to the individual to break away from the mould but maybe some may need help that could be backed from the government? I pay taxes and i think an initiative like that, that would actually help people in these situations would not only be a great help to communities and the individual but would also prevent greater amounts of money being spent on later crimes or youth hostels?
I do agree that for violent crimes like this however a stint in Afghanistan will teach them respect that they need.

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I am fed up wif da gangsta crowd innit cos dey dittent get no teachment in da skools. Cud it be that if dey try to rap proper like da rest of us dey will be able to get understood innit.

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What legal reasons can they be not named & shamed,are they not CRIMINALS? CRIMINALS should not have any human rights.
When they come out they should be banned for life for owning/handling a mobile phone,if they do they should be locked up.

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what a little brat – well done judge onions, prison is what is needed sometimes, no matter how young they may be

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I agree with Harry Saxon, we need some corporal and i think capital punishment in this country, the recent church of england vhap who backed Sharia Law has a very good point, physical punishment be in sheer hard work or a good beating, is needed to make justice visible and prevent reoffending but also to make it an actual punishment, after all in prison these days they have tv, playstation etc, apparently they are all getting obese in there, so hard labour yes bring it all back, flogging, stocks the lot – it worked

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I’ve always been an advocate of corporal punishment. The day they banned it in schools was the day the rot set in, with no discipline for the children and no respect for the teachers. A good hard smack never did me any harm, but it did deter me from doing wrong. That’s what the little brats from south east Telford really need.

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So, punishing violence with violence !

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spare the rod and spoil the child.

a good beating will knock sense into the child and relieve stress in the adult.

can you imagine if you at work and do something wrong – get a good beating from the boss!!! or if the wife doesnt make tea – a good beating for her!!!! or if a shop assistant is rude – a good beating for them too!!!!!!

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I think the police should get martial arts experts to dress up as old people and when they get attacked give out some rough justice, that will make those yobs think twice. I know I wudn’t mug a granny if I though she might turn around and give me what for!

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