Turkish children sentenced to prison terms for stealing sweets

[ozgurluk at xs4all.nl]

ANKARA, Aug 31 (AFP) - The Turkish high court Monday upheld a
nine-year prison sentence against four youngsters found guilty of
stealing desserts from a sweet shop, their lawyer said.

"Our appeal was rejected. These heavy sentences prove the  
pathetic state the Turkish justice is in," Hakan Gencer, lawyer of 
the four boys aged between 15 and 17, told the Anatolia news 
agency. 

The four were caught in the southern city of Gaziantep last year while
trying to steal sweets. A local court later sentenced each to a
nine-year jail term for "premeditated robbery."

"The lives of these children are destroyed. We cannot reach anywhere
with a law system like this," Gencer said.

  	   	


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