Four-year-old girl found home alone

[alp227]

A four-year-old girl was found home alone by police after her mother reportedly went on holiday.

Police found the girl after two 16-year-old boys, one of whom is believed to be her brother, were arrested on suspicion of driving offences in Crawley, West Sussex, at about 1am on Tuesday.

The mother is understood to have gone abroad over the weekend leaving the little girl's brother in charge, local reports said.

The girl was discovered after the two teenagers were stopped by police in the Maidenbower area.

full: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/sep/01/four-year-old-home-alone

[slackmaster]

1. What a messed-up country

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[InkAddict]

2. On come on, boys will be boys, and he showed such

maturity at the last soccer match and got good grades last term as well.

All right, he should have taken her with him on the midnight joyride. :sarcasm:

[jwirr]

3. Some 16 year olds would be capable of taking care of their siblings.

I was married at 16 and had a child the next year. It just depends on maturity. I grew up the day my child was born disabled.