12-year-old murder charge dropped in Melbourne stabbing case due to doli incapax presumption.

12-year-old girl's murder charge dropped in Melbourne stabbing case. Prosecutors withdrew the charge in a Children's Court, citing no reasonable prospects of conviction due to the presumption of doli incapax, which assumes a child's age of criminal responsibility. The girl, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was accused of fatally stabbing a 37-year-old woman in Footscray, Melbourne, last year.