'Recruiting kids to commit crime is child abuse'
The actor John Connors has described recruiting children to commit crime as "child abuse." The Exploitation of Children in the Commission of Offences Bill makes it an offence to compel, induce or invite a child to engage in criminal activity and carries a maximum sentence of up to five years in prison. Mr Connors, who has starred in a number of crime-related films and dramas including Love/Hate and Cardboard Gangsters, said he saw "first hand" the criminal exploitation of children while growing up in Darndale in Dublin. "I've seen kids been groomed, I’ve seen lives ended, I’ve s...
Source: rte.ie