Common Sense abandoned in Britain's Courts

Radio Four's Today programme reports a ten year old is being prosecuted for racist remarks made to a playmate. His name at least was not released on account of his age, denying the authorities the excuse that they did not know. Elsewhere the Telegraph reports, linked here, as follows:

Court hands sisters over to mother's lesbian lover By Nick Britten (Filed: 07/04/2006)

Two young sisters at the centre of a bitter custody battle were taken from their biological mother yesterday and sent to live with her former lesbian lover following a landmark court ruling.