Afternoon Empire with Ian Collins

Adult Crime, Adult Time?

May 25, 2026·36 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Petrie Hosken fills in for Ian Collins this scorching Bank Holiday Monday, asking: Should adult crime equal adult time? Helen Fields, former barrister, gives her thoughts on the lenient sentencing of two teenage boys who were spared jail by Judge Nicholas Rowland for the rape of two teenage girls. Also on the show, Dr Sanjiv Nachani OBE speaks with Petrie about a potential social media ban for under-16s, and Geoff Wightman gives his analysis of the Enhanced Games.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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