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High Court rules in favour of non-custodial sentences for child offenders

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The High Court has ruled that child offenders should only be subjected to custodial sentences as a last resort.

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By  Philip Muyanga

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

The High Court has ruled that a child offender may only be detained as a measure of the last resort.

Where a custodial sentence is necessary, the High Court said, it must be for the shortest time.

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