----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Sullivan" <
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net>
> Last night I saw Ken Loach's Sweet Sixteen, about a
pretty hardboiled
> kid trying to earn enough money to buy his mother a
trailer for them to
> live in after she gets out of jail. Recommended,
especially for the
> incredible acting job of Martin Compston in the lead
role.
>
> Anyway, does anyone know if 16 is the age at which a
boy can be tried as
> an adult in Scotland? That would add a bit of
resonance to a comment
> made, not that it really needed any added
resonance.
Missed that one at the cinema, but just got it out on DVD for
this weekend's viewing. Martin Compston was a trainee soccer
player for Morton, I think, before he made that film. And,
yes, in Scotland you're an adult when you're 16.
Al
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