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04/18/2008: "Down's syndrome boy with mental age of five is charged under UK race act"

When two police officers came to interview Jamie Bauld, a polite, friendly Down's syndrome boy with a mental age of about 5, he welcomed them with a big smile and a handshake. As the officers read him his rights and charged him with assault and racial abuse, he agreed with everything they said, then thanked them for coming to see him.

The officers, Mr Bauld said, were very pleasant and told him not to worry "because the case would come to nothing". They told him they would explain to the Procurator Fiscal that Jamie had Down's syndrome, and that the Asian girl had admitted that she had scratched her own face to mark it and referred to herself as "blackface".

Shortly after the visit came a letter from the Procurator Fiscal in Hamilton saying that the authorities now had enough evidence to charge Jamie.

[ The truth is no defense - but being a Mongoloid, this boy will most likely be found innocent because of his precious condition. ]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3761056.ece