Kyle Lye, 19, thumped his victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, to the ground during a vicious attack.
The thug kicked the teenage girl and punched her approximately 25 times as she cowered on the ground.
Jonathan Wilkinson, prosecuting, told Liverpool Magistrates' Court: "He said he wouldn't stop until she's dead."
No doubt this will mean a long spell in j...
Oh, FFS!
Sentencing Lye yesterday, chairman of the bench Magistrate S. Wood said: "We all make mistakes, it's a question of controlling your emotions."
Seriously...?!?
He gave Lye a 20-week prison term, suspended for one year, and must complete 10 hours of Rehabilitation Activity Requirements and 120 hours of unpaid work.
Yikes, only suspended for one year! Mildly inconveniencing Chris Whitty gets your sentence hanging over you for two!
He must also complete a Building Better Relationships Programme, which Magistrate Wood said was "fundamental" to Lye's rehabilitation.
/facepalm
The magistrate added: "As you're aware you could be going to prison. You don't want to go to prison at your age I don't think.
"We do feel the custody threshold has been passed, however we're going to suspend any sentence for 12 months."
Why? Is it because he was in a relationship with the victim, as if that somehow makes it better..?
Lye, from Knotty Ash, Liverpool, admitted assault causing actual bodily harm. But the young father...
Oh, terrific! It's bred.
...told the court there was "no real visible injury," to which Magistrate Wood asked "are they just pretend kicks?".
Mr Wilkinson confirmed the hits "made contact" but said there was "no bruising".
*sighs*
H/T: Mark Blackmore via Twitter
Doesn't she have any male relatives who could rectify this obvious miscarriage of justice?
ReplyDeleteWhy criticise the magistrate? This is Liverpool, after all. Residents of the City of Eternal Victimhood should not be blamed for incidents such as this, where a young girl lay down on the ground and deliberately moved her body several times so that it came into contact with the innocent young man's foot. I can only hope that this aspiring footballer, rock and roll star, or nuclear scientist does not have his career ruined through PTSD.
ReplyDeletePenseivat
Just how far way from the day of the vigilante and the lynching mob can we be?
ReplyDelete"Doesn't she have any male relatives who could rectify this obvious miscarriage of justice?"
ReplyDeleteTaking the law into your own hands? That DOES bring a heavy sentence!
"Why criticise the magistrate? This is Liverpool, after all. "
Good point!
"Just how far way from the day of the vigilante and the lynching mob can we be?"
We can't be too far...