Gosh I hope he didn’t hurt his hand.
An “obsessed” boy who stabbed a girl multiple times with a 6in knife after she refused to date him has been handed a three-year restraining order.
A restraining order. Not a custodial sentence but a restraining order. How will the poor lad bear it?
The boy, 14, briefly dated the girl, 14, before she ended the relationship. He then carried out a “horrifying” attack in a shop in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, in March.
The boy, from Wiltshire, admitted wounding with intent, inflicting grievous bodily harm and possession of a bladed article in a public place. He was also handed a one-year referral order at Gloucester Crown Court.
In a statement read out in court, the girl said: “I’ve been having nightmares since. I relive the incident, but in these dreams it happens in different places.”
She added: “I sleep in the dark but when I wake, I constantly feel like there is a presence in the room. I can’t stop thinking about it.”
Never mind, toots. You’ll get over it someday, or if you don’t, it doesn’t matter, because you’re just a girl.
Sentencing the boy, Judge Ian Lawrie told the court the stabbing was a “very troubling event” but he did not take the view that the offender was a “danger”.
He said: “He’s still young. And he is capable of learning.”
The judge told the court he was “surprised” the boy had spent three months in custody as “while the offences are serious”, it was “inconsistent” with the usual process for youth cases.
So adolescent boys are more or less allowed to beat up or stab or throw rocks at girls? They might get a stern talking to, but other than that, we don’t want to interrupt their lives too drastically. Boys are important. Girls, not so much.
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