Holyrood bid to end 'unacceptable' Scottish criminal age of eight
A Holyrood bid to bring Scotland into line with the "international human rights’ community" and raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 has been launched.
Scotland has the lowest age of criminality responsibility in Europe at just eight, despite laws having been passed two years ago that would have raised this to 12.
Ministers say they are "prioritising" areas of the legislation that will have the biggest impact on youngsters.
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