Riot officers called in to tackle knife-carrying teenager at Wetherby YOI

Officers at Wetherby Young Offender Institute were asked to suit-up in protective gear to confront Romeo Barnett after he refused to return to his room and picked up a chair as a weapon. The 19-year-old was being held in the segregation unit of the York Road centre in April of last year, and had been taken to a classroom for a 30-minute one-to-one session, prosecutor Lydia Carroll told Leeds Crown Court.

He was interviewed but refused to answer any questions before walking out of the room. The court was told Barnett, who is serving a 44-month sentence, has 15 previous convictions for 27 offences. The list include robberies and carrying weapons. Appearing in court via video link from HMP Peterborough, he admitted assaulting an emergency worker, ABH and possession of a bladed article. Mitigating, Emily Calman said: 'He knows he should not have behaved in this manner.

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