It follows two separate incidents on 1 October 2019, when the defendant was aged just 14.
Shortly before 4pm that day, he approached a 16-year-old boy in Orme Road and demanded he empty his pockets. He then punched the boy, who attempted to continue on his journey, and then stabbed him in the arm. The victim called police and was taken to hospital for treatment. Nothing was reported stolen.
The defendant then travelled by train to Goring railway station. About 4.50pm, he became involved in an altercation with another 16-year-old boy. The altercation continued into the station car park, where the defendant stabbed the victim three times to the chest and abdomen area, requiring hospital treatment.
Imagine the sort of 'child' of 14 that feels confident about attacking people a full two years older than him.
That's the sort of 'child' that the bleeding hearts tut-tut about when they hear that police have used a Taser...
Chief Inspector Sarah Leadbeatter, District Commander for Adur, Worthing and Horsham, said: “Thankfully the two victims in this case recovered without suffering life-changing or life-threatening injuries, but it could have been a whole lot worse. Carrying a knife puts you and those around you at significant risk, and possession of any offensive weapon in public is a serious offence. This is reflected in the sentence imposed.”
Oh, so it was a decent sentence for a ch...
The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, received a custodial sentence of four years and six months at West Sussex Youth Court on Monday 18 January.
/facepalm
4 comments:
He's a child, so can only receive a child's punishment.
I'd prefer that he was whipped (as well), and so too were his parents.
Perhaps his parents can be prosecuted for failing to drown the little shit at birth?
Penseivat
Do you suppose that, at the end of his incarceration he will emerge as a model citizen? The most likely outcome is that he will go in and out of prison until he kills someone. At that point he will at least get a fairly long sentence to serve half of. Unfortunately such dysfunctional individuals will always be with us, how we deal with them will always be an unanswerable question.
"I'd prefer that he was whipped (as well), and so too were his parents."
If anyone knows who they are. Does he?
"Perhaps his parents can be prosecuted for failing to drown the little shit at birth?"
If I were Home Sec, they'd certainly be sterilised...
"Do you suppose that, at the end of his incarceration he will emerge as a model citizen?"
Wasn't it the Jesuits that said "Give me a child till he is seven years old and I will show you the man.'? There's your answer.
And the question's not 'unanswerable', it's just that the answers are always unpalatable...
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