A dangerous teenager launched a unprovoked bloody street attack a man who tried to take refuge in a Leeds pub, hitting him with a brick, a chair, a lump of pipe and a parasol pole.
The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons but already has a lengthy record for violence, was given a 32-month detention order at Leeds Crown Court this week. The victim was left with permanent scarring following the sustained and brutal assault in Bramley. Prosecutor Ian Howard said the victim had been shopping at Bramley Shopping Centre on the afternoon of August 5, when he said hello to a person whom he walked past and knew, but a nearby female believed he had been talking to her.
A member of staff then intervened and grabbed the pole and the boy, along with five or six other masked youths whom he was with, all fled. The victim suffered a sliced ear and a cut to the back of his head, but has since been left wary of leaving his home. The teenager has 11 previous convictions for 22 offences, including two involving possession of a bladed article, ABH, two of making threats with offensive weapons and robbery. He has been given multiple youth rehabilitation orders.
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