2024-04-19 11:31:49
Two young boys aged 11 and 12 who allegedly massacred more than twenty animals following infiltrating the campus of a British college were sentenced to a simple fine for their actions, due to their young age.
“It’s horrible what you did, absolutely horrible. It’s good that you’re not adults, because you should have spent a long time in prison,” Judge Green told the two children during their 30-minute appearance Thursday at Uxbridge Juvenile Court, according to “ The Independent.
Given their young age, the 11 and 12 year old boys only received a slap on the wrist and a fine of 200 pounds sterling each, the equivalent of $340 Canadian, despite damages estimated at more than 40,000 books – more than $68,000 – by the crown prosecutor, on the Gunnersbury Park campus of Capel Manor College, last February.
The two children, whose identities are protected due to their young age, then infiltrated animal habitats protected by the institution, which owns zoos and farms to teach animal care, where they allegedly killed rabbits, snakes and birds, noted the English newspaper.
They also allegedly stole various animals, including ferrets, pigs, turkeys and three snakes, before being found by authorities while playing with a reptile in a locker room near the scene.
The boys are also understood to have pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage, for vandalizing a mini golf course in Gunnersbury Park.
“Extreme cruelty”
According to prosecutor Vijay Khuttan, who did not want to broadcast the images from the surveillance cameras, the two young people would have demonstrated “extreme cruelty towards the animals”, while they would have thrown, slammed and trampled the animals, he would have said. listed.
Yet the defendants were “of good character” before the crimes, which were described as a “significant leap toward criminality,” according to the British media outlet.
If the boys’ parents will be responsible for repaying their sons’ fine, the judge insisted that the young criminals will in turn have to pay for what they have done.
“It’s your crime, it’s your punishment, not your parents’. You have to do something to pay them back… whatever they ask you to do,” she insisted, according to “The Independent”.
One of the owls, named Shiraz, who fled during the incident, was reportedly found safe and sound in a warehouse at Heathrow Airport in London.
Screenshot taken from the Capel Manor college website
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