The youngest looter to appear in the dock over the London riots was told by a judge that he deserved to be behind bars – but escaped custody because of his age.
Just five days before the riots, the 11-year-old had been sentenced to an order designed to end his thuggery after he tried to set fire to a bus.
But a judge said his hands were tied as the rioter remained too young for a custodial sentence – and instead handed him another court order.
The shocking case highlights the apparent powerlessness of the authorities when confronted by feral children with no respect for law and order.
It was one of the most notorious to emerge from the mayhem that took place across England over four-nights of terror last month.
In a separate case an 11-year-old girl who threw stones at shop windows during unrest in Nottingham failed to apologise to a judge as she was handed a similar punishment.
The smirking youngster told police she ‘wasn’t bothered’ when she was arrested and laughed and chatted with security guards during her court hearing.
The 11-year-old boy, who lives in Romford, Essex, is the son of a convicted criminal who he sees as a role model, a court heard.
He was caught red-handed stealing a bin from a Debenhams store in his hometown as rioting swept England on August 8.
A rampaging mob of up to 30 hooded and masked youths smashed a £6,000 display window at around 10.30pm
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