I would still place a limit on this. While we can debate a reasonable age, I'd say past a certain age, say 15 or so, then I would certainly have held him to account, figuring by then he would have been old enough to think more critically, have been more exposed to an education system that most certainly would have introduced him by then to the idea of human rights, police and other services that could help, and even turning to teachers for help.
But yes, for a 10 year old, I can definitely make an exception no problem.