ANY magistrate unsure as to why many people consider our legal system a joke should read our report from York Youth Court.
Twice in successive nights, a 12-year-old boy stole a six-tonne dumper truck and took it for a ride. Along the way he flattened two lampposts and nearly hit a pedestrian.
The court heard he had committed numerous other crimes, including several other motoring offences. So magistrates banned him from driving for five years - by which time he will be 17 and legally entitled to drive for the first time.
You couldn't make it up.
Updated: 10:03 Wednesday, May 19, 2004
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