NEW DRAMA
Responsible Child Monday, BBC2 HD, 9pm
It’s a little-known fact that the age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is 10 years old – one of the lowest ages in the world.
That shocking statistic lies at the heart of BBC2’s drama Responsible Child, based on real events, which tells the story of Ray, a 12-yearold boy on trial for murder.
As the drama begins, Ray (Billy Barratt) and his 23-year-old brother Nathan (James Tarpey) are arrested after bludgeoning their mother’s partner, Scott (Shaun Dingwall), to death.
Scott had a history of violence, but whatever the circumstances that led the boys to kill, the law is clear: Ray must stand trial in an adult court.
‘I presumed that if you were legally a child, then you would be tried as a child,’ says Killing Eve’s Owen McDonnell, who plays Ray’s solicitor, Pete.
This story is from the December 14, 2019 edition of TV & Satellite Week.
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