[Joolz]

MAGISTRATES sentenced a 15-year-old to six months in a detention centre - and then rejected the Journal’s third request to identify him because his crimes are “not serious enough”.

Prompted by his victims’ cries for justice, the Journal has made three applications to lift reporting restrictions which ban us from identifying the Grantham teenager.

Magistrates sitting at the Grantham court have declared that his welfare and that of his family outweighs the interests of the public.

Magistrate chairman Jennifer Hague said on Tuesday: “We don’t feel anything we have heard today has met the criteria (in lifting the reporting restrictions).

“We will only, we feel, be naming and shaming.”

The defendant was before magistrates charged with:

l Driving a motor vehicle which had been taken without the owner’s consent

l Taking a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent

l Criminal damage

l Riding a stolen pedal cycle

l Burglary dwelling and theft

l Breaching a youth rehabilitation order

The defendant pleaded not guilty to riding a stolen pedal cycle.

Bill Fraser, defending, told the court the defendant has a constant battle with his learning difficulties and low self-esteem, and is “easily led”. He added: “He doesn’t choose his friends very well.”

The court heard how the defendant is working with Addaction to break his cannabis addiction.

Magistrates said they were going to sentence the tearaway to a 12-month detentional training order, but reduced it because he had already served six weeks in detention for a charge which was later dropped.

Following the Journal’s application to identify him, Mr Fraser told magistrates: “Naming and shaming is not the way forward. It’s very rare that you should lift reporting restrictions and it shouldn’t be used as an additional punishment.

“His record is not the worst we have seen of a youth before the courts.”

He added that the Journal’s application is “misconceived”.

The hearing in relation to riding a stolen pedal cycle was adjourned until November 29.

source

[ratdog]

Quote

but reduced it because he had already served six weeks in detention for a charge which was later dropped

Poor little fucker, six weeks for nothing?

[TheStoneDuk]

Fuckin 'ell, nice one Grantham Journal, you truly are a bunch of cunts!

Quote

Magistrates sitting at the Grantham court have declared that his welfare and that of his family outweighs the interests of the public money grabbing pricks who laughably call themselves journalists.

Fixed

[madmonster]

This lad sounds like a douchebag, fuck him! im glad hes not out nicking cars puting peoples lives in danger or burgling someones home. So ROT DOUCHEBAG!!

[An0m]

"child sentenced to stint in detention center" doesn't have the same ring to it I suppose.

[digger 1649]

is that how we treat all criminals madmonster ?

or just kids ?

[Arbuscule]

ok, so a child with learnig difficulties is banged up for stealing a pushbike - don't have the same ring to it

[Arbuscule]

madmonster, on 09 November 2011 - 06:28 PM, said:

This lad sounds like a douchebag, fuck him! im glad hes not out nicking cars puting peoples lives in danger or burgling someones home. So ROT DOUCHEBAG!!

and that's a totally shitty thing to say to someone with learning difficulties and expressing that level of IGNORANCE and BIGOTRY is much worse than nicking a pushbike imho

[madmonster]

digger 1649, on 09 November 2011 - 07:01 PM, said:

is that how we treat all criminals madmonster ?

or just kids ?

Hes a scum bag by all accounts im not saying justice system works in fact i recently posted how we need uniformaty and a complete review. But yeah you want to be a maggot and treat other peoples properlty as your own then you need to be dealt with robustly. balls to him. I had a neeighbour 83 burgled by some young lads she was a mess terrifed and died within months of it. she was scared to death afterwards. just look at the list of things hes been involved in thats the stuff hes got caught for. now imagine your mum or dad meeting this little shit face to face as hes burgling thier home. what would you want to happen to him. just try and put yourself in the shoes of his victims and see if you still feel sorry for him really.

This post has been edited by madmonster: 09 November 2011 - 08:06 PM

[madmonster]

Arbuscule, on 09 November 2011 - 07:13 PM, said:

madmonster, on 09 November 2011 - 06:28 PM, said:

This lad sounds like a douchebag, fuck him! im glad hes not out nicking cars puting peoples lives in danger or burgling someones home. So ROT DOUCHEBAG!!

and that's a totally shitty thing to say to someone with learning difficulties and expressing that level of IGNORANCE and BIGOTRY is much worse than nicking a pushbike imho

Learning difficulties i have learning difficulties but i didnt go out a screw peoples houses or cars ! Whats his learning difficulty? do you know? He isnt inside because he nicked one bike. hes a persistant offender and each time his face arrives in mags court hes harmed another person in some way. Sadly him being inside wont do him any good but it keeps him off the streets harming others for a while so im glad hes where he is.

This post has been edited by madmonster: 09 November 2011 - 08:13 PM