Review was led by former supreme court judge turned parole authority chair Geoffrey Bellew SC and former NSW police deputy commissioner Jeffrey Loy

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A centuries-old legal presumption that children aged between 10 and 14 are not capable of evil should become law, a New South Wales review led by a former supreme court judge and a former senior NSW police figure has recommended.

In NSW, the criminal age of responsibility is 10 but the common law presumption of doli incapax - Latin for “incapable of evil” - can apply up to 14, offering protection for children being prosecuted on the presumption they don’t understand the difference between right and wrong.

Source: Guardian - World News