‘Defence solicitor Lorraine Stephens told Judge Finan her client accepted that he broke the terms and pleaded for a final chance for the boy, who has no prior convictions and had never been in custody.
She said the teen’s assessment needed to be completed, and in future his visibly upset mother would agree to custody if he kept breaking the bail terms.
Ms Stephens also said there is a loophole in the law about electric scooters, often sold to young people as not being considered mechanically propelled vehicles.”
So his argument is that he wasn’t banned from using an electric bike capable of doing 80km/hr. And his family bought him it?
The damage is probably already done to this lad, but any other children need to be removed from that home.
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‘Defence solicitor Lorraine Stephens told Judge Finan her client accepted that he broke the terms and pleaded for a final chance for the boy, who has no prior convictions and had never been in custody.
She said the teen’s assessment needed to be completed, and in future his visibly upset mother would agree to custody if he kept breaking the bail terms.
Ms Stephens also said there is a loophole in the law about electric scooters, often sold to young people as not being considered mechanically propelled vehicles.”
So his argument is that he wasn’t banned from using an electric bike capable of doing 80km/hr. And his family bought him it?
The damage is probably already done to this lad, but any other children need to be removed from that home.