The boy, who was incarcerated in Perth's Banksia Hill Detention Centre and faced 36 criminal charges, has been released from custody without further penalties. A magistrate described him as WA's 'most vulnerable child'.
An 11-year-old recently released from WA's Banksia Hill Detention Centre has been described as the "state's most vulnerable child".An 11-year-old boy, labelled as Western Australia's "most vulnerable child", has been released from custody after facing court on 36 charges.The boy remains under the care of the Department of Communities and will receive no further punishment for the charges.
The boy's charges included 16 counts of aggravated burglaries, as well as stealing a motor vehicle and assault occasioning bodily harm. The court heard of the 77 days in custody at Banksia Hill, the longest consecutive stint was 19 days.Defence lawyer Kerrigan Mercer said her ultimate submission was for no more punishment, given his total time spent in custody.The magistrate then read the remaining nine charges to the boy, where guilty pleas were entered.A youth justice officer confirmed the boy's time spent in custody, which Magistrate Martella cited as a reason to pass no punishment.
The court heard the boy had previously been in a "family-type care arrangement" with siblings, but the caseworker said the department's resources and staffing model could not "meet his needs" and the offending then increased."We've got a plan to reintegrate him into mainstream schooling," they said.The state prosecutor, Ms McAnderson, said concerns had been raised over a lack of consequences for the boy, which was believed to have led to his reoffending.
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