Labor defends youth crime policy as 109 charges against teen dropped

Teen accused of terrorising Jewish community, running down cyclist walks free from 100 charges

Court evidence revealed she searched on her phone ‘how long is a sentence for running someone over?’

Girl on 109 charges freed as premier defends crime laws

A state government has defended its crime laws as effective after a girl who was charged with weaponising...

Labor defends youth crime policy as 109 charges against teen dropped

The charges, over an alleged crime spree in which a girl was accused of targeting the Jewish community, were dropped due to the need to prove the then 13-year-old knew her actions were wrong.

More than 100 charges against 14-year-old Melbourne girl dropped

A 14-year-old girl who faced 109 charges for an alleged spree of incidents, including some alleged anti-semitic attacks, has had her charges dropped.The girl was denied bail in April due to the severity of her alleged offences, which police claimed took place over a number of weeks.Police today withdrew the charges after the prosecution was unable to reach the legal threshold that the girl, who was 13 at the time of the alleged offences, was cap…

Melbourne girl, 14, has 109 charges dropped after alleged crime spree targeting Melbourne’s Jewish community

Girl accused of antisemitic crime spree has 109 charges withdrawn

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has defended her government’s youth crime laws after 109 charges against a 14-year-old girl accused of targeting Melbourne’s Jewish community were withdrawn. The girl, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was facing charges including reckless conduct endangering serious injury, theft, motor vehicle theft and burglary. Victoria Police confirmed the charges […] The post Girl accused of antisemitic crime spree…