Tom Elliott has given his idea to deal with youth criminals after the “terribly bad” crime statistics came out yesterday.

The 3AW Mornings host doubled down on Police Minister Anthony Carbines being a “coward” for many reasons including scheduling a media conference straight after the stats were released.

“What are we going to do about it?” Elliott said.

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General Manager of the Les Twentyman Foundation, Chris Lacey, then highlighted the problem with Tom Elliott’s idea, and debated how youth offenders should be dealt with in Victoria.

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