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From: XR8 Sprintless on 23 Jun 2010 21:37
http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2010/06/24/148805_news.html

TWO eight-year-olds who ran away from school and stole two cars before
hooning through Bluewater on Monday have been counselled by police but
no further action will be taken.

The year three students from Bluewater State School have been suspended
until the end of the week and will have two weeks of holidays before
returning to classes. Both are too young to be charged with offences.

The boys were apprehended by an off-duty police officer from Gilgandra,
New South Wales, at a camping site off Forestry Rd shortly after 4.30pm.

The children had jumped the fence and left the school grounds on their
way back to class after a lunch-time disco event at 2pm and hid in bushland.

They stole two cars and hooned through Bluewater at such high speeds the
cars were ''airborne at times''.

Child Protection Investigation Unit Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Leo
Lahey said the boys, who had stretched to reach the pedals while they
hooned through Bluewater, were lucky not to have been injured.

He said the joyride resulted in minor damage to one of the stolen cars.

''Obviously those children weren't very big and obviously they had to
stretch to reach both pedals at the same time and that's what impacted
on their capacity to properly control the vehicle,'' Det Sen-Sgt Lahey said.

''We don't have any information of them causing any damage to property
but we believe there was minor damage to one of the vehicles.''

Det Sen-Sgt Lahey, who spoke with both boys about the incident, said the
boys had been frightened by the police response.

''They were just like little eight-year-olds,'' he said.

''They were scared about what had occurred and they were clearly
appreciative of the seriousness of their actions.''

Department of Education regional director for North Queensland Mike
Ludwig said staff had tried negotiating with the children as they left
the school on Monday.

''There was a lunch-time school disco and it was during the process of
students returning to the classroom after the disco and at the
conclusion of the lunch break that these two chaps decided to leave the
grounds,'' he said.

''They were observed by at least one teacher's aide as they exited over
the fence, they were followed and asked to come back.

''I am very comfortable about the process which was followed.''

He said school principal Chris Anderson had been keeping parents,
teachers and students informed about the incident.

''Our main concern is about the fact the students have placed themselves
in danger by ignoring the direction of teacher aides,'' Mr Ludwig said.

The children's family had been disturbed by the boys' antics, Det
Sen-Sgt Lahey said.

''We're legally incapable of pursuing formal enforcement action against
them, because of their ages, however we are working with the family to
try and ensure this sort of thing doesn't happen again

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Lucky they are just kids.... I mean they could have really done some
damage if they were older, no really... Bloody hell. What would have
happened if someone had been killed. And how the hell do 8 year olds
know how to steal cars.....




From: Milton on 24 Jun 2010 07:49

"XR8 Sprintless" <xr8_sprint(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4c22b702$0$28672$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com...
> http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2010/06/24/148805_news.html
>
> TWO eight-year-olds who ran away from school and stole two cars before
> hooning through Bluewater on Monday have been counselled by police but no
> further action will be taken.
>
> The year three students from Bluewater State School have been suspended
> until the end of the week and will have two weeks of holidays before
> returning to classes. Both are too young to be charged with offences.
>
> The boys were apprehended by an off-duty police officer from Gilgandra,
> New South Wales, at a camping site off Forestry Rd shortly after 4.30pm.
>
> The children had jumped the fence and left the school grounds on their way
> back to class after a lunch-time disco event at 2pm and hid in bushland.
>
> They stole two cars and hooned through Bluewater at such high speeds the
> cars were ''airborne at times''.
>
> Child Protection Investigation Unit Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Leo
> Lahey said the boys, who had stretched to reach the pedals while they
> hooned through Bluewater, were lucky not to have been injured.
>
> He said the joyride resulted in minor damage to one of the stolen cars.
>
> ''Obviously those children weren't very big and obviously they had to
> stretch to reach both pedals at the same time and that's what impacted on
> their capacity to properly control the vehicle,'' Det Sen-Sgt Lahey said.
>
> ''We don't have any information of them causing any damage to property but
> we believe there was minor damage to one of the vehicles.''
>
> Det Sen-Sgt Lahey, who spoke with both boys about the incident, said the
> boys had been frightened by the police response.
>
> ''They were just like little eight-year-olds,'' he said.
>
> ''They were scared about what had occurred and they were clearly
> appreciative of the seriousness of their actions.''
>
> Department of Education regional director for North Queensland Mike Ludwig
> said staff had tried negotiating with the children as they left the school
> on Monday.
>
> ''There was a lunch-time school disco and it was during the process of
> students returning to the classroom after the disco and at the conclusion
> of the lunch break that these two chaps decided to leave the grounds,'' he
> said.
>
> ''They were observed by at least one teacher's aide as they exited over
> the fence, they were followed and asked to come back.
>
> ''I am very comfortable about the process which was followed.''
>
> He said school principal Chris Anderson had been keeping parents, teachers
> and students informed about the incident.
>
> ''Our main concern is about the fact the students have placed themselves
> in danger by ignoring the direction of teacher aides,'' Mr Ludwig said.
>
> The children's family had been disturbed by the boys' antics, Det Sen-Sgt
> Lahey said.
>
> ''We're legally incapable of pursuing formal enforcement action against
> them, because of their ages, however we are working with the family to try
> and ensure this sort of thing doesn't happen again
>
> ---------------------
>
> Lucky they are just kids.... I mean they could have really done some
> damage if they were older, no really... Bloody hell. What would have
> happened if someone had been killed. And how the hell do 8 year olds know
> how to steal cars.....
>
>
That's what I was thinking after reading your story yesterday.

Regards

Milton

From: Albm&ctd on 25 Jun 2010 18:28
In article <4c22b702$0$28672$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, xr8_sprint(a)hotmail.com
says...
> And how the hell do 8 year olds
> know how to steal cars.....
>
>
Maybe one of their parents works for Suncorp?

Al
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