There is a lot more to this than we know. If this was a single incident then there was an over reaction. An apple is hardly going to kill someone. If this was part of a ongoing bullying campaign then this should be treated as serious and the parent and child should be question with a solicitor pending charges. If it was thrown by the victim then it should be noted as such. The other child should be questioned under caution.

IIRC a 13 year old is below the age of legal responsibility in the UK.

Jon

Nope, you're wrong. The age of criminal responsibility is 10 in England and Wales. It's also 10 in Northern Ireland. In Scotland it's 12.

If it is just the apple incident it's frakin ridiculous. To mention assault in the same breath makes me despair.

I had a stone in my head, blood and stitches. The kid was sorry and his dad brought him around to apologise, the poor sod looked more upset than me. Seeing him crying on my doorstep and an apology was enough. An apple? FFS. Pussies.

This country is whacked, kids are either soft and delicate things that need to be protected from fresh air or they're evil little sods who are hell bent on causing trouble. They're not allowed to fall in the middle ground and be kids who learn by making mistakes.

It is not a Police matter, it is a parent matter.

Perhaps they'd tried the parent way more than once before. Perhaps the parents are huge A-holes who would punch you in the face on the doorstep if you went around to confront them. Perhaps he has no parents and lives in a shoe. We just don't know.

All very good points.

We don't even know if the shoe is heeled or flat.