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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Nino Bucci

Victorian boy, 13, has mental capacity to be tried for murder of Declan Cutler, court hears

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Court told 13-year-old boy has mental capacity to be tried for Melbourne murder. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP

A psychologist has found that a 13-year-old Victorian boy charged with murder could be tried for the crime, saying that his respect for “gang members” and “adherence to an alternative moral code” shows he has the mental capacity to understand right from wrong.

The boy, who cannot be named, is one of eight teenagers charged over the murder of Declan Cutler.

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