"A 14 year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder"
What the fuck? When I was 14 all I cared about was going the match and trying (miserably) to get me nuts.
What kind of 14 year old carrys a knife around, let alone slashes innocent peoples throats with it?
He is obviously going to be in for a life of crime if he's capapble of this at such a young age, so treat him like an adult when being sentenced I say.