Children involved in last year’s summer race riots following the Southport attacks should have their criminal records wiped clean, England’s children’s commissioner has said.
Dame Rachel de Souza said young people should be allowed to “move on with their lives” and become successful adults, saying offences they committed during the violence should not be held against them for the rest of their lives. The riots were sparked by misinformation spread following the killing of three girls in Southport, with hotels housing asylum seekers among the targets.
