Should young criminals get their records wiped clean after serving their sentence?

England’s children’s commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza, has said that children involved in last year’s race riots following the Southport attacks should have their criminal records wiped clean. James asks whether this should be the case and why.And, former Premier League referee David Coote has come out as gay and revealed that a life spent hiding his sexuality led to “really poor choices”, including using cocaine, that led to his sacking last year. To what extent is explicit homophobia still a major feature of football and wider society?This episode was recorded on the 28th January. Catch James O'Brien weekdays from 10am on LBC.

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