9 May, 2008

IT IS a serious offence to buy alcohol for underage youngsters and it is right and proper that anyone caught doing so be punished.

I refer here to the case of Iain Tulloch jailed yesterday (Wednesday), but at the same time those youngsters knew exactly what they were doing when determined to ‘get wasted’ and persuade some weak and foolish person to buy alcohol for them. They should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves.

More and more we hear of youngsters found intoxicated around the town. These youngsters are streetwise, cunning and very determined to get drunk, their parents seemingly unable or unwilling to control them.

Very soon the situation will spiral out of control. It’s time to take off the ‘kid glove’ approach and get tough. Naming and shaming would be a very good first step though shame is not a concept understood these days.

Yours sincerely
Jane Puckey