Government, Community Discuss Turning the Tide on Violent Youth Crime

Published on August 7, 2024

A near-fatal attack on a 14-year-old boy while walking home from Glen Eira College in the Melbourne suburb of Caulfield last year is the inspiration behind calls for tougher penalties against youth offenders. Benjamin was set upon by a group of teens when he was with his friends last September, and was left with permanent brain damage from the ambush. The teens dragged him into their stolen car, before he was thrown from the travelling vehicle. His devastated mother said the justice system failed her, her family, and the community after one of the teenage attackers was spared jail. Almost one year on, David Southwick, deputy leader of the Victorian Liberals, received a letter from a concerned parent with two children at Glen Eira College, and one at Caulfield Primary School....

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