England and Wales and Northern Ireland has one of the youngest age of responsibility in europe .. being set at the age of 10 .. Scotlands is even younger and is set at 8 but is being changed to the age of 12 ...
BBC News - Calls to raise age of criminal responsibility rejected
No i dont think it should be changed you know what is right and wrong at that age .. in fact i would go even younger especially nowadays .. seeing as quite a lot are 'streetwise' and do know what they can get away with.
BBC - Have Your Say: Should the age of criminality be raised?