A 10-YEAR-OLD tearaway who committed 26 criminal offences played with a teddy bear and fought back tears as a youth court told him he needed medical attention.
The boy's mother told the court how he had tried to hang himself at school because he did not like being parted from her.
The youngster, from Bacup, had earlier admitted 16 theft-related charges and asked for ten more to be considered.
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