A Queensland household has been left shaken after their dwelling was allegedly damaged into by a bunch of teenagers armed with knives and field cutters.
The younger gang are suspected to have damaged into a house within the Brisbane suburb of Hamilton on the morning of April 27, the place they stole a Lexus SUV in addition to a number of gadgets of luxurious clothes and purses.
The perpetrators then posted about their exploits on social media, sharing a video which confirmed the youngsters strolling by means of the house with their weapons.
One of many residents of the house, who selected to not be named, mentioned she's nonetheless disturbed by what occurred to her household, who had been asleep upstairs on the time of the break in.
"It is fairly terrifying," she mentioned.
"It is positively not the act of a kid to try this.
"I completely have run by means of eventualities the place individuals have been stabbed, killed and that would have occurred to myself, my grandma, my six-year-old brother, my dad and mom."
Police confirmed some members of the group are recognized offenders.
Retired police superintendent Jim Keough mentioned whereas officers are doing their finest to cease younger criminals, the present laws offers little to no deterrent.
"The adults, they know for those who do the crime you are doing the time," he mentioned.
"Right here you are going to do the crime and you will get a gameboy, an evening within the watch home then again on the road."
Outcomes from the not too long ago introduced Taskforce Uniform Knot, which focuses on youth gangs, are but to be launched however police have expressed frustration over the regularity of those crimes.
"The taskforce is barely nearly as good because the laws to maintain these youngsters in line," Mr Keough mentioned.
Opposition chief David Crisafulli mentioned the present strategy to the youth justice system is not satisfactory.
"The one factor that ever modifications is that it is a completely different household that is traumatised," he mentioned.
"It is the identical younger thugs doing the identical crime."
The younger sufferer of the Hamilton theft additionally known as for harsher penalties for underage criminals.
"They're kids wielding weapons, they're kids who're driving these automobiles they're kids who steal alcohol they usually're nonetheless being tried as kids for his or her grownup actions," she mentioned.
"I wish to see individuals which might be taking grownup actions to be given grownup penalties."