Footscray locals say 12yo girl who was charged with murder was failed by authorities | 7.30

A 12-year-old girl is accused of murdering a woman in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray. The child, who can't be named, was well known to authorities and people 7.30 spoke to said numerous attempts to get some sort of intervention for her had failed. Rhiana Whitson and Nicole Asher have this story.
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