Ken Clarke was also talking about this case on Jeremy Vine yesterday (I know, I should get out more).
Ken was a barrister in a previous life and his answer to the question you've asked was "It depends on the teenager and how sensible they are".
Basically, you leave yourself wide open, as one persons definition of sensible would be different to someone else, not to mention the questions that would be raised by social services and/or the police if there had been some kind of accident or incident while the teenager was in charge, no matter how sensible they were.
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