These kids must be found and must spend the rest of their lives in prison. They must understand that human life is sacred and not cheap! It would be tragic if they were to be allowed to go scot free or spend just a couple of years in jail. For they will return to commit similar hideous crimes.

Yours truly,

Rev. Kwame Kally, Basel, Switzerland

Intervene? Ha!

With what? A harsh word? We have been shown time and again waht happens if an unarmed (by mad government mandate) individuals go up against criminal gangs who don't give a damn about the laws concerning carriage of weapons, and don't give a damn about having their fingerprints taken and DNA stolen again.

If the gang leave you alive with just a kicking, the policeman will probably apologise as he cuffs you for being abusive to children and getting blood on their shoes. If you win, god himself won't get you out of it, you are going to be dragged through the nightmare of the court system (and it is a nightmare for law fearing honest folk, unlike those inured to it) and then bounced into prison for a long time as an example of why vigilanteism is the only -ism not protected in this pathetic country any more.

Mercer for PM! At least he's not afraid to speak the truth!

Now wavering Tory voter, Preston,

Another day and yet again another juvenile death. Its about time the government spent our taxes on sorting out this country first.
What's is the point of the Trident Program when we already have weapons of mass distraction walking our street? Or maybe we can ship some of these teen into the battlefield of Iraq, it could work out cheaper?

John, London,

What good is it 'tickling the boy's ear". Don't you people know basic first aid. If the blood flow had been stemmed by pressure or a tourniquet (if you're not sure what that is - look it up in a dictionary) the boy may well still be alive.
What a God forsaken place London is!

Cheryl Hay, Gold Coast,

Another black boy is stabbed. Another news headline. Another reason to instill fear that young black boys are knife wielding gang members. Many black mothers are scared for their sons and moving to white suburbia. Drive through London nowadays and the whole city is populated with large groups of Afro-Caribbeans. Some schools appear to only be Afro-Caribbean. Is this a good thing? Not if the media portrays this community is such a way but then who is to blame. Cultural differences may encourge this type of behaviour. There is no excuse any more, deprivation has gone, there are other factors such as drugs. The only solution is too have greater punishment and deterrent to commit crimes. Maybe it is time to bring back the death sentence to protect our society.

Robin Wilson, Balham, UK

The more i hear about these incidents the harder i find it to discourage myself from believing that those responsible should be made to suffer the same way. NOT serve a few years in a youth prison, NOT get let off early after convincing the people in charge of keeping the numbers in prisons down that they are reformed and NOT have their sentence reduced for having had a disadvantaged upbringing. They should purely and simply be removed from society. For good.
How sad it is that I, at just 20 years old, feel that the answer to todays crime is itself so inhumain.

Aaron , Leicester, UK