As a follow-up to a case mentioned on this site yesterday, and as BBC reports: A 14-year-old boy has won permission to challenge a police decision to publish his photograph in an investigation into street violence in Londonderry. A High Court judge ruled on Wednesday that there was an arguable case that using his image…
Category: Youth & Schools
Ca: Pornography charges laid in a gang-rape of teen at B.C. rave
Charges have been laid against a 16-year-old accused of taking pictures of a gang-rape at a British Columbia rave and posting them on the Internet. The teen from Maple Ridge, B.C., has been charged with distributing and producing child pornography after photos of the assault appeared on Facebook. He is expected to appear in court…
Ca: Teen confesses to naughty video
QMI Agency reports: Modern technology and teenage tomfoolery came to a head Tuesday in a Calgary-area courtroom. A “naive” teenage boy, with his embarrassed parents seated behind him, stood before a provincial court judge to admit a “prank” made him a criminal. The teen pleaded guilty to two voyeurism-related charges after he used his BlackBerry…
Parents sue Springfield schools over lockdowns and searches
Chris Coughlin reports: Parents sued the Springfield Public Schools, saying the repeated “mass lockdowns of public schools,” during which sheriff’s officers search virtually everything – backpacks, lockers, and students’ bodies, if the police dogs “alert” on them – are unconstitutional. When the parents complained, they say the school board said it was their “policy” to…