Scotland to go from Britain's lowest to highest age of criminal responsibility
However children's rights campaigners says the changes do not go far enough
SCOTLAND is set to go from having the lowest age of criminal responsibility in Britain to the highest, but children’s campaigners say the change does not go far enough.
Holyrood’s equalities and human rights committee gave its unanimous backing today to a bill raising the age from eight to 12. In other parts of Britain, the age of criminal responsibility stands at 10.
Scotland has faced criticism from international agencies for allowing young children to be convicted.
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