Three minors have been sentenced to three years in prison each by the High Children’s Restorative Justice Court for committing various acts of violence and vandalism.
The three boys were tried in separate cases for misdemeanours committed in March during the Iranian attacks on Bahrain, the Public Prosecution said. The prosecution cited a lack of parental supervision as the reason behind the defendants’ unlawful actions.
Judges ordered that a report, detailing the minors’ progress, be submitted to the court after six months of juvenile detention. The reports are intended to assess ‘improvement in behaviour, and the extent to which violent tendencies have been reduced.’
Social and psychological evaluations found that the defendants were living in a familial environment ‘lacking supervision or oversight’, which enabled them to commit the misdemeanours.
The prison sentence was considered as ‘the decision that is best for the juveniles’.
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