This is like a story from Beavis & Butthead done ugly.
On the face of it, if the Crown’s evidence is correct, then this sordid tale looks like a nett win for Civilization:
One sixteen-yr-old drug-dealing scroat collects his chips
Two thirteen-yr-old scroats-in-the-making go to gaol til they’re 21
One twenty-yr-old scroat goes to gaol for a very long time
Would that all crimes had such positive outcomes.
“On the face of it, if the Crown’s evidence is correct, then this sordid tale looks like a nett win for Civilization:”
State’s evidence surely? (It being in the US after all)...