Toddler wins compensation from CICA for attack by three year old

A Tribunal ruled today that a 3 year old boy should be awarded compensation by the Criminal Injures Compensation Authority (CICA) for injuries sustained after another three year old hit him with a car jack.  The toddler suffered serious injuries when he was hit 11 times on the head and face whilst the boys were left alone in a family car. 

The CICA scheme awards compensation to the victims of violent crimes.  The age of criminal responsibility is 10 years old in England, and the CICA had rejected the toddler’s claim twice on the grounds that the three year old attacker could not be the perpetrator of a ‘crime of violence’.  However the victim’s solicitors successfully argued that this was a deliberate act of violence, and the age of the attacker was irrelevant when determining whether the victim was eligible for compensation.

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