Jimbo 133 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 A 12-year-old boy was charged with assault and taken before the courts - for throwing a cocktail sausage. The boy was accused of throwing the pork snack at a 74-year-old man in Woodhouse Park, south Manchester. He denied the charge in a hearing at a Manchester Youth Court, where the judge questioned the decision to prosecute. Greater Manchester Police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) are now reviewing the case, which the boy's mother described as an "utter joke". She told the BBC: "They came to arrest him in my house, they took him into a police van. They took him to Elizabeth Slinger [police station], put him in a cell, took his photographs, his fingerprints, then interviewed him. "And then they decided to charge him with common assault - with a sausage. "It had quite a bit of an effect on him. He couldn't sleep. He takes sleeping tablets anyway - but they didn't work." Asked whether she accepted that he needed to be punished, she told the BBC: "Definitely yes, but not to the extent that they have gone." The incident involving the boy, who cannot be named, was alleged to have taken place on 11 August. The victim, who believed he had been hit with a stone, told police it was the latest in a series of incidents in which he had been intimidated by local youths. Charging the boy was the only option because he had previously been issued with three reprimands, a GMP spokeswoman said. "The officer's decision to charge was completely in line with standard procedure, and took all available information into consideration," she added. "Greater Manchester Police takes all incidents of anti-social behaviour very seriously and they are investigated thoroughly." The police and CPS are now jointly reviewing the prosecution, she added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckerDavies 0 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 What a silly sausage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 4795 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 What a silly sausage BOOM BOOM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5877 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 So an elderly gentleman is having a walk in the park minding his own business and some 12 year old charver decides to hoy something at him for no reason. Poor bloke probably shit himself. Im glad he got taken to court and im even more glad hes losing sleep about it. If it had been my grandad id have slapped the little cunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Don't you have to be at least 14 before you can legally be arrested? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 31 Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Here here. Only right. Sausage today, blade tomorrow Teach the young "ruffian" a lesson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 he has apparently been warned several times before for anti-social behaviour a yob in fact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Kids are always throwing bangers as it gets towards bonfire night. It's these irresponsible butchers wot sell them to them they want to prosecute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 In all fairness, the kid hardly sounds like an angel, despite the ridiculous nature of this particular incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 In all fairness, the kid hardly sounds like an angel, despite the ridiculous nature of this particular incident. Fuck off. That's blatantly just cos you're a vegetarian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima 0 Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 The way the title is worded, I thought that the lad had beaten up a sausage. So disappointed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 In all fairness, the kid hardly sounds like an angel, despite the ridiculous nature of this particular incident. Fuck off. That's blatantly just cos you're a vegetarian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26118 Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 He's been reprimanded 3 times previously and is still acting the prick, throw away the key tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 He's been reprimanded 3 times previously and is still acting the prick, throw away the key tbh. You're as bad as he is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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