It is claimed children are breaching bail every three hours in Victoria, with victims frustrated by young repeat offenders.
The state’s 20 worst youth offenders are as young as 13, with one 15-year-old boy topping the list with 30 aggravated burglaries under his name and five arrests.
The cohort is reportedly responsible for close to one-fifth of aggravated burglaries where a car was stolen.
The Herald Sun reported one notorious youth offender in Melbourne’s south-east had 388 charges wiped due to doli incapax, the legal presumption the child is too young to realise their actions are wrong.
Now over the age of criminal responsibility, the 14-year-old is accused of aggravated burglaries, car thefts, home invasions, petrol station smash and grabs, and a carjacking.
Rodolfo Arenas, a victim who had his car allegedly stolen by teenagers who were on bail, said youth offenders had no fear.
“It’s worse than it’s ever been before. It’s just out of control,” he said. 
“They are filming it, bragging about it and sending it to their friends.
“When you’ve got soft laws, what do you expect?”
Victoria’s opposition questioned why the government wasn’t acting against the group of children.
“Why aren’t they being properly sentenced? Why aren’t they being properly rehabilitated?” shadow attorney-general Michael O’Brien said.
Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes said the state had one of the lowest youth crime rates in the country.
“We are the envy of the nation,” she said.
