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6/49 LOTTO RESULT Today, Thursday, June 19, 2025

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Family’s plea for cold case review of Elizabeth Plunkett murder raised in Dail after ’50 year delayed’ inquest

THE family of a woman who was killed by Ireland’s first serial killers are calling for a cold case review, the Dail heard today.

In 1976, 23-year-old Elizabeth Plunkett from Ringsend in Dublin was murdered by John Shaw and Geoffrey Evans.

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Elizabeth Plunkett was murdered by John Shaw and Geoffrey Evans
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The sickos had also killed a second woman named Mary Duffy
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The shocking case is at the centre of a new RTE podcast called Stolen Sister
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The sickos had also killed a second woman named Mary Duffy and they are widely considered Ireland’s first ever serial killers.

While Shaw was convicted of Mary Duffy’s murder, he was never convicted of Elizabeth’s killing.

The shocking case is at the centre of a new RTE podcast called Stolen Sister.

Elizabeth’s sisters Kathleen and Bernadette are calling for a cold case review by gardai and legislative reform to address a problem with the Parole Board which means they are not regarded as victims.

Labour leader Ivana Bacik today raised the issue with the Taoiseach in the Dail as she called on the Justice Minister to speak with the family.

She said: “They are not legally regarded as victims within the Parole Board process. This only came to light in 2023. The Justice Minister is aware of this.

“An inquest was delayed for 50 years. I raised this issue in the Dail last year. The inquest was finally held in January. I am glad about that.

“However, their solicitor, who wrote a follow-up letter to the Justice Minister, the Garda Commissioner and others on 28 May has not yet received a response.”

Taoiseach Micheal Martin promised that he would raise the issue with the Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan.

He said: “I thank the Deputy for raising this very serious and sensitive issue for the families concerned.

“I will ask the Minister for Justice to deal directly with Deputy Bacik and with the family as well in respect of endeavouring to bring closure to this for all concerned and a resolution of the issues outstanding.”

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The family of a woman killed by Ireland’s first serial killers are calling for a cold case review
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Dancing On Ice star Vanessa Bauer stuns in sizzling swimsuit snaps from Bali getaway with boyfriend

DANCING On Ice star Vanessa Bauer has stunned in a series of sizzling swimsuit snaps from her Bali getaway with her boyfriend. 

It was back in December when the skating pro revealed new boyfriend James Rowe, after a romantic trip to Lapland. 

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Dancing On Ice star Vanessa Bauer has stunned in a series of sizzling swimsuit snaps from her Bali getaway with her boyfriend[/caption]
Vanessa Bauer in a red bikini on a beach at sunset.
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The star stunned in her orange bikini[/caption]
Vanessa Bauer in a red bikini on a beach at sunset.
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Vanessa shared some stunning photos sat on the shore at night[/caption]
Vanessa Bauer and her boyfriend enjoying a seafood dinner on a beach.
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Footballer James previously played for Reading FC and went on to play for Cheltenham town, followed by Aldershot Town[/caption]

Both she and James, 33, took to Instagram to share loved-up posts from their winter wonderland holiday.

Footballer James previously played for Reading FC and went on to play for Cheltenham town, followed by Aldershot Town.

Now, the brunette beauty and her man have jetted off again, this time to Bali. 

Vanessa shared some stunning photos sat on the shore at night.

She penned: “liquid or frozen, happiest by the water 🌊🧊 (once I’ve eaten)

“thanks to a kind stranger @momohead_ for taking the covert last picture from a far, this was such a beautiful moment ♥

The brunette beauty put on a sensational display in the series of photos, in a glistening orange bikini. 

Vanessa let her hair down in beachy waves and sported a makeup free look, while standing up for some of the photos. 

In another snap, she could be seen with her boyfriend James, as they posed in swimwear while enjoying an al-fresco feast.

“How absolutely beautiful,” one fan wrote, while another said: “I aspire to be as happy as you whether it’s on the ice or off you’re just radiating it.” 

The star’s romance with James comes after she split from boyfriend of nine months Dan Underwood in June of last year. 

And Vanessa previously hinted she could quit Dancing On Ice as she pursues an acting career.

She told The Sun: “My acting pursuit is going really well.

Dancing On Ice winners

DANCING On Ice has seen some impressive moves - and equally impressive falls.

The ITV show has run for 16 seasons, with a break from 2014-2018.

Here’s the rundown of all the winners including a skating pro who bagged an impressive hat-trick:

Season 1, 2006: Gaynor Faye & Dan Whiston

Season 2, 2007: Kyran Bracken & Melanie Lambert

Season 3, 2008: Suzanne Shaw & Matt Evers

Season 4, 2009: Ray Quinn  & Maria Filippov

Season 5, 2010: Hayley Tamaddon & Dan Whiston

Season 6, 2011: Sam Attwater & Brianne Delcourt

Season 7, 2012: Matthew Wolfenden & Nina Ulanova

Season 8, 2013: Beth Tweddle & Dan Whiston

Season 9, 2014 (All Stars): Ray Quinn & Maria Filippov

Season 10, 2018: Jake Quickenden & Vanessa Bauer

Season 11, 2019: James Jordan & Alexandra Schauman

Season 12, 2020: Joe Swash & Alex Murphy

Season 13, 2021: Sonny Jay & Angela Egan

Season 14, 2022: Regan Gascoigne & Karina Manta

Season 15, 2023: Nile Wilson & Olivia Smart

Season 16, 2024: Ryan Thomas and Amani Fancy

“I’m actually working on a movie right now as well, so I’m super excited for this to come out next year.

“I love Dancing On Ice and I would love to continue doing it for as long as I can but at the same time, other opportunities are piling up and I’m super grateful for everything coming my way right now.”

The show was recently shelved by ITV with no plans for a new series.

It comes after ratings dwindled for this year’s series, which was won by Corrie’s Sam Aston.

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Vanessa and footballer boyfriend James[/caption]
Vanessa Bauer at the Dancing on Ice photocall.
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Vanessa previously hinted she could quit Dancing On Ice as she pursues an acting career[/caption]

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What delay? House did its role in impeachment, says spox

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives has already fulfilled its initial responsibility regarding the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte, as the chamber is mandated to forward the articles of impeachment to the Senate. This is the stand of lawyer and House spokesperson Princess Abante, saying in a press briefing on Wednesday that

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Head of Children’s Health Ireland to apologise to families for hospital scandals & admits ‘children waiting too long’

THE head of Children’s Health Ireland will tomorrow apologise to families for the series of scandals that have rocked our children’s hospitals and admit: “Children are still waiting too long for surgeries.”

CHI boss Lucy Nugent, former CEO Eilish Hardiman, Chief Medical Office Dr Allan Goldman, Clinical Director Dr Ike Okafor and Head of Spinal Services David Moore will face a grilling from TDs and Senators at the Oireachtas Health Committee on Thursday.

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Children’s Health Ireland will appear in front of the Oireachtas health committee
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CEO of Children’s Health Ireland, Lucy Nugent
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Public confidence in CHI has been rocked in recent months following a series of scandals including lengthy wait lists for spinal surgeries, the misuse of non-medical springs in operations and kids being put through hip operations that they may not have needed.

The latest issue to hit CHI in recent weeks surrounds an internal report which revealed shocking waiting lists mismanagement which may have resulted in children not getting surgeries in time.

A lengthy opening statement from CEO Lucy Nugent provided to the Dail watchdog in advance goes through each of these scandals one by one and makes a series of apologies.

She said: “I am very aware of the impact of the last several years, months and weeks where revelations relating to our culture, governance and practices have led to great pain being inflicted upon some of those who were in our care.

“I say to you, I say to the children and families impacted and to the Irish people that I am sorry.

“I am sorry on behalf of the management of Children’s Health Ireland and I am sorry on behalf of the entire organisation.”

The CEO admits that “on occasions we have failed” children and says she is determined to “restore trust and faith in our national paediatric services.”

On the lengthy wait lists for spinal surgeries that has been the focus of the Irish Sun’s Kids Can’t Wait campaign, Ms Nugent admits that children are still waiting too long but claims a new Spinal Management Unit is getting on top of the issue.

She acknowledged the governance failures that led to the situation exposed by a recent HIQA report where a number of children had non-medical springs implanted in their body that later rusted and needed to be removed.

On the recent shocking report that outlined how children may have been operated on for hip conditions that they didn’t even have, the CHI CEO said all families impacted have been contacted and clinics to review their care have already started with 60 children seen so far.

HEARTFELT APOLOGY

She also issues a “heartfelt apology” to one specific family whose child experienced complications during their hip care.

The CHI boss later apologises for the latest scandal to hit CHI – an internal report that detailed waiting list management failures and cultural and bullying issues among staff that may have put children’s health at risk.

She apologised that CHI could not publish the report in full and claimed “it is not in any way our intention to hide the truth or hide behind legalities.”

CHI is due to take over the new €2 billion National Children’s Hospital when it is finally complete with some TDs raising questions about whether the organisation is fit to takeover such a big piece of infrastructure.

On the hospital, Ms Nugent said: “We will be ready and able to take over the new facility.”

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I’ve looked into minds of Britain’s worst killer kids… one 7-year-old proves why some are beyond help & need locking up

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LOOKING at the vulnerable seven-year-old dressed in a Harry Potter T-shirt in front of him, it was hard to believe that weeks earlier she’d picked up a knife and severed the finger of her three-year-old half-sibling.

As Duncan Harding tried to gently cajole the primary school pupil into a conversation about JK Rowling’s wizarding world, she shut down “like a rabbit in the headlights”.

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Forensic psychiatrist Dr Duncan Harding works with some of Britain’s most twisted child killers[/caption]
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Scarlett Jenkinson, then 15, was fascinated by serial killers before murdering Brianna Ghey[/caption]
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Kim Edwards and Lucas Markham, both, 15, became Britain’s youngest double murderers after killing Edwards’ mum Elizabeth and younger sister Katie
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Dr Harding says society can very often be too sympathetic to kids who commit extreme crimes (pictured: Southport killer Axel Rudakubana, who carried out the attack when he was 17)[/caption]

Social workers had called in Dr Harding, a leading forensic psychiatrist, in the hope of helping the youngster who had a troubled, abusive  background.

“She was emotionally shut down,” says Harding. 

“When you speak to someone who has suffered trauma at a young age, they can choose not to speak or just can’t speak, and she was just a traumatised little girl.”

Almost five years later, aged 13, that same innocent-looking girl was charged with stabbing an older friend – almost killing her.

It came almost as no surprise to Harding, who says society can very often be too sympathetic to kids who commit extreme crimes.

He says: “We have a fantasy as a society that if we have a problem child we can fix them, but I’m not always sure we can.

“This young girl was one of those cases that gets under the skin and stays there.

“Her upbringing was very difficult and there was a lot of generational trauma. 

“After severing her victim’s finger she was seen by various services and diagnosed with autism. I didn’t necessarily agree with that diagnosis.

“Unfortunately a few years later she attempted to kill a friend. So much damage had been done to her as a little girl that she couldn’t be rescued.

“By the time she hit her teens her personality was developing in a way that she had no empathy for others.  

“She was showing psychopathic tendencies.”

‘Child killer epidemic’

Harding says Britain is facing a child crime epidemic amid a growing knife problem – and Government figures reveal he is not wrong.

In the year ending March 2024, 3,200 knife offences were committed by children and 57 young people under the age of 25 were stabbed to death.

Seventeen of them were under the age of 16.

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Eddie Ratcliffe was said to be a role model pupil, before murdering Brianna Ghey with Jenkinson[/caption]
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Described as ‘unspeakably wicked’, Sarah Davey was 14 when she tortured and murdered a 71-year-old grandmother in Oldham

Last July the country was left shocked and sickened by the murders of Alice Aguiar, nine, seven-year-old Elsie Stancombe, and Bebe King, six, who were fatally stabbed by 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport.

Dad-of-one Harding, who works with some of Britain’s most twisted child killers, warns: “We are stuck in an epidemic of child killing. I daren’t look at the news some days.

“It’s scary for our children and I felt so strongly about it, I didn’t know whether or not to bring a child into this world.”

We are stuck in an epidemic of child killing. I daren’t look at the news some days… I didn’t know whether or not to bring a child into this world

Dr Duncan Harding

He fears the UK faces more serial killings like the Southport tragedy because the country doesn’t have measures in place to stop child killers.

Rudakubana was known to police and social services and had been referred to the Government’s Prevent programme three times between 2019 and 2021 due to his interest in terror attacks and school shootings.

The teenager, jailed for 52 years in January, was bounced back and forth between various agencies because Prevent found no evidence of a ‘fixed terrorist ideology’.

Harding says: “Basically what you’ve got is a young person with concerns from family and local authorities, but people didn’t listen.

“The basic problem was that he was referred to Prevent but didn’t fit in their box. By the time he was referred for a third time, Prevent stepped back because mental health services stepped forward.

“What we need is one multi-disciplinary team to deal with troubled children. Sometimes kids with complex needs need a network of professionals

“Unless we get a grip, something like Southport could happen again.”

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Dr Harding says the UK faces a growing child crime epidemic in the wake of the horrific Southport murders which claimed the life of Bebe King (pictured)[/caption]
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Fellow Southport victim Elsie Dot Stancombe[/caption]
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Dr Harding fears the UK faces more serial killings like the Southport tragedy because the country doesn’t have measures in place to stop child killers. Pictured: Southport victim Alice da Silva Aguiar[/caption]
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Axel Rudakubana was known to police and social services and had been referred to the Government’s Prevent programme three times between 2019 and 2021 due to his interest in terror attacks and school shootings[/caption]

High risk

While sympathetic to many young criminals he deals with, Harding controversially says many need to be locked up – for their own good.

He says: “When I see someone who has committed a heinous act I try to look at the person behind the noise.

“The social situation might be deprivation and all sorts of things go on in life that can cloud a situation, but under that is a human being.

“I hold on to the idea that children are essentially good when they are naive and new to the world.

“You [believe] you can do the work with them to help, but with many children who kill it’s not as straightforward as that.

You [believe] you can do the work with them to help, but with many children who kill it’s not as straightforward as that. It’s important to be realistic and realise that children can do really terrible things and essentially be bad people

Dr Duncan Harding

“It’s important to be realistic and realise that children can do really terrible things and essentially be bad people.

“Having a bad start in life isn’t an explanation. It’s not enough to say, ‘Well they had a terrible start in life’.

“The truth is that, in some cases, young people just need to be in custody, and that might be a terrible thing to say in some people’s opinions.  

“Some say children shouldn’t be incarcerated but they are sometimes so high risk they need to be.”

No boundaries

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Dr Harding believes that Britain’s most notorious child killers Mary Bell and Jamie Bulger murderer Jon Venables (left) are natural psychopaths. Pictured right: Robert Thompson[/caption]
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Two-year-old Jamie Bulger was abducted, tortured and murdered by the two 10-year-old boys[/caption]

He believes today’s parents struggle to set firm boundaries for their kids – and gives an example of a middle class boy who killed his aunt in a “temper tantrum” over his mobile phone.

The 17-year-old’s defence argued he was psychotic – something Harding disagreed with.

The case is featured in a new book by the psychiatrist which outlines some of his most serious cases.

Harding, who has to anonymise his most high profile cases in his book, says: “In modern society, the boundaries have kind of been eroded.  

“An extreme version of this surrounds identification. If a child at school can identify as a cat, where are we as a society?

“Childhood is complex enough without having boundaries. We need to realise there’s a consequence to our behaviours.

“Liam was basically throwing a tantrum after his mobile phone was taken away. He was from a nice background, had a good upbringing, but the boundaries just weren’t there.

If a child at school can identify as a cat, where are we as a society?

Dr Duncan Harding

“Add to that a sense of entitlement and the risk can start to escalate, especially when you go down the path of experimenting with drugs as this teenager had.”

While adolescent psychiatry, which featured prominently in the disturbing Netflix hit Adolescence, generally stays away from labels like psychopath or sociopath for kids – preferring ‘conduct disorder’ – Harding strongly believes that some children show signs at an early age.

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Erin Doherty as a child psychiatrist with Owen Cooper as a teenage killer in Adolescence.[/caption]
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David Bartlam was 14 and obsessed with a Coronation Street serial killer when he murdered mum Jacqueline with a claw hammer[/caption]

He believes that Britain’s most notorious child killers Mary Bell and Jamie Bulger murderer Jon Venables are natural psychopaths, showing no remorse or guilt for their savagery.

Bell was just 10 when she strangled Martin Brown, four, and three-year-old Brian Howe to death before mutilating them in Scotswood, Newcastle in 1968.

Venables was the same age as Bell when he and Robert Thompson, also 10, abducted, tortured and murdered two-year-old Jamie Bulger after leading him away from a shopping centre in Bootle, Liverpool in 1993.

The pair served eight years in secure children’s units and were given lifelong anonymity in 2001.

But Venables has re-offended four times. He has twice been jailed for possession of child abuse images and also received cautions for affray and possession of cocaine.

Harding says: “There was sadism involved in these cases and if we want an indication of what children can be capable of, there we have it.

“We wouldn’t diagnose a child with a personality disorder but I’ve come across young kids in which you can see the signs of psychopathy, killing animals at an early age in a very sadistic way for example.”

Britain's worst killer kids

Sarah Davey

Teenager Sarah Davey, from Failsworth in Manchester, was just 14 when she and a friend sadistically tortured grandmother Lily Lilley, 71, before killing her in 1998.

They battered her body and hit her so hard her false teeth were forced down her throat, then shoved her lifeless body in a wheelie bin and dragged it to a nearby canal to dump it.

Davey was locked up indefinitely in 1999, but released in March 2024 after going up before the parole board.

She has been freed eight times since 2013 but each time has broken her parole conditions.

Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe

Twisted Jenkinson and Ratcliffe, both 15, lured Brianna Ghey to a park near Warrington before they murdered her in a frenzied attack.

Tragic Brianna was stabbed 28 times with a hunting knife and the cruel pair both blamed each other for the attack.

Jenkinson, who was obssessed with serial killers and knives, was caged for a minimum of 22 years and Ratcliffe, a loner but model student before the killing, for a minimum of 20 years.

Kim Edwards and Lucas Markham

Teen sweethearts Edward and Markham, both aged 14 at the time, stabbed Kim’s mum Elizabeth Edwards, 49, and her younger sister Katie, 13, as they slept.

The pair were dubbed the ‘Twilight Killers’ after it emerged they ate tea cakes and ice cream and watched the vampire movie after the murders.

Markham became one of the youngest ever double murderers after admitting two counts of murder at Nottingham Crown Court.

Edwards admitted manslaughter but denied murdering the church-going dinner lady and her daughter due to her mental condition.

But the court heard she was the “driver” behind a “cold and brutal” plot to kill Elizabeth and Katie.

The only member of the family not killed was Edwards’ older half-sister Mary Cottingham, who lived in Derby with her husband and children.

Jon Venables and Robert Thompson

Their horrifying crime, in 1993, shocked the nation when two-year-old Jamie Bulger was abducted, tortured and murdered by the evil boys before being dumped on railway tracks.

Both were eventually released from prison under new identities, however Venables is now back inside for possession of indecent images of children.

Venables’ latest bid to be paroled was denied.

Snapchat Killers

In December 2014 two teenagers – known later in court as Girl A and Girl B – tortured and murdered loner Angela Wrightson, filming the attack on their phones.

The teens, who were aged 13 and 14 years old at the time, successfully won a bid to have lifelong anonymity, like the Venables and Thompson, in 2021.

Dubbed the Snapchat killers the youngsters sent a selfie from inside a police van after killing tragic Angela, 39, during a horrific five-hour-long attack.

They were convicted of Angela’s murder and jailed for a minimum of 15 years.

Will Cornick

Schoolboy Will murdered his teacher Ann Maguire, 61, stabbing her seven times as she taught a class at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds when he was 15.

After stabbing the teacher to death, he callously boasted: “I couldn’t give a s***” .

Cornick said he had a “sense of pride” after the classroom murder, and added: “Everything I’ve done is fine and dandy.”

He won’t be eligible for parole before 2034.

Daniel Bartlam

Daniel Bartlam was just 14 when he beat his mum to death in a hammer attack copied from Coronation Street.

The teen repeatedly battered Jacqueline’s face and head before setting her body alight.

Schoolboy Bartlam was obsessed with TV soap murder plots and grisly horror movies.

Sharon Carr 

Carr was aged just 12 when she stabbed 18-year-old hairdresser Katie Rackliff 32 times.

The murder went unsolved for several years, as cops were looking for an adult assailant rather than a child.

Some of the knife thrusts went clean through Katie’s body and diaries seized by police were full of sickening boasts about the murder.

Carr was dubbed the “devils daughter” for her lack of remorse in the attack.

She was convicted of the murder in 1997 and handed a sentence of at least 12 years.

Her last bid for freedom in 2023 was turned down because she was “still violent”.

Society ‘too soft’

Harding says that society is often too soft on kids who offend.

He says: “I once went to see a kid about 14 who had murdered another child by cornering him with a gang. 

“The kid was drinking milkshake and, in a case of mistaken identity, the offender stabbed him in the heart with a flick knife.

“The CCTV footage was so clear that his co-defendants weren’t charged as they tried to pull the perpetrator back from his victim.

“He was found guilty of murder and when I went to assess him, for the first time in his life he had started reading… crime novels, which probably weren’t the best, but he was reading at least.

“There was a handwritten note to me from the youth offending service, asking me to take trauma into account.

“When I looked at the case, this teenager’s violence had been escalating yet he was put back into the community each time.  

“Before the murder he had a section 18 offence for wounding.

Childhood is complex enough without having boundaries. We need to realise there’s a consequence to our behaviours

Dr Duncan Harding

“He told me that, even with his GPS police tag on, he would still deal drugs in the stairwell of his council estate.

“If he had gone back into his original environment, back into his gang, he wouldn’t get any help. 

“What he would actually benefit from was a period in custody, and that’s why we have to sometimes lock kids up.

“There is some argument that the age of criminal responsibility should be moved from 10 to 12, but I’d urge people to consider what would have happened in cases like Jamie Bulger if this is moved?

“We have to have a starting point that children are good but, in order for that to be true, we have to also face the fact that some kids can, maybe through no fault of their own, be sadistic and want to hurt other children.

“I have gone into every case with neutrality but the truth is I’ve come across situations where we’ve just got to be realistic with what we’re faced with.”

The Criminal Mind: From Broadmoor to the Old Bailey. True Stories from a Forensic Psychiatrist’s Handbook by Dr Duncan Harding is published by Penguin Michael Joseph, paperback £10.99.

Book cover for "The Criminal Mind" by Dr. Duncan Harding.
Dr Duncan Harding’s book is out now

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