METRO REPORTER - 16th March, 2010
12-year-old 'crimewave' boy jailed
A violent 12-year-old car thief has become one of the country’s youngest prisoners after a string of more than 30 offences.
The one-boy crimewave was given a ten-month detention sentence after admitting assault and aggravated vehicle taking.
The Essex boy, who is ‘too young and vulnerable’ to be named, had ‘bared his teeth like a wild animal’ when he attacked a woman and a man, magistrates in Witham heard.
After the attack, he stole keys to a red Audi TT, mounting pavements on an erratic drive – only just able to see over the wheel.
