Police took the unusual step today of putting up posters and naming a 16 year old murder suspect, Moses Mathiasis is wanted in connection with the murder of Guisseppe Gregory also aged 16. Gregory was sitting in the back of a car in Manchester back in May when he was killed in a hail of bullets, five suspects have already been charged with this murder and one has named Mathias as part of the gang that did it.
It’s about time that common sense prevailed just because someone is of a certain age why should they be anonymous when they commit a crime, certainly one as serious as murder.
I have lost count of the times I have seen the expression “can’t be named for legal reasons” the way I understand the law is that the legal age of responsibility is 10, that means you are deemed to know the difference between right and wrong at that age and can be held accountable for your actions.
So congratulations to The Manchester Chief Constable for this decision lets hope other forces copy this, no hiding place for these gang members that kill with impunity. In fact this should be taken one step further and the justice minister introduce legislation to force Police Authority’s to name all suspects suspected of serious crimes over the age of 10.
Maybe once the full force of the law is applied on a consistent basis we may see these awful crimes reducing, as a parent and grandparent I have a duty to chase our politicians and keep the pressure on until we have cleaned up our streets.
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