A three-year-old boy has become Britains youngest crime suspect after police investigated him for disorder and vandalism,a media report said on Sunday.
In fact,the toddler is among 10 children,aged five and under,investigated for crimes,including sexual offences,since May,The Sunday Times reported citing official figures disclosed under Britains freedom of information laws.
Police officers went to the three-year-olds home in Strathclyde this summer after receiving a complaint of damage to household property. Earlier,the youngest offender in England was a six-year-old arrested in Bedfordshire on suspicion of robbery in June,the figures revealed.
Whats shocking is that according to the figures,more than 6,000 offences have been committed by children under 10 over the past three years these include nine-year-olds accused of rape. Other alleged offences included possession of knives,assaults,theft and burglaries.
The growing number of real-life infants terrible is raising concerns among criminologists and social workers.