Lol...

Boy is accused of sausage assault



The boy's mother described the prosecution as a joke

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.
Greater Manchester Police takes all incidents of anti-social behaviour very seriously and they are investigated thoroughly


GMP spokeswoman


"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.

Good thing it wasnt a larger sausage.

OFL. *rolls eyes*

Well, I'm a little strange as you might have noticed but if someone throws something at me, even something as mundane as a cocktail sausage or an action mans shoe, that can take up 10 minutes of my day thinking what a little *insert your own word*.

So therefore he's taken at least 10 seconds of that guys thoughts, he's robbed him! Plus he might keep his nose clean after it.

Instead of whinging about police his mother, who has a gruffers profile by the way, should have whacked him up and down the street for it. Especially after its his 3rd reprimand, it is kinda funny but sod him he's a bad egg.

*Returns to being 19 instead of 40 now*

I agree he should be disciplined,but I have to agree with the mother,they went OTT taking it to court.

If its his 3rd reprimand,an ASBO should of been put in place.

She'd probably get charged with Child Abiuse if she did here in UK.Its illegal now to physically punish your children.

Beat em all

*grins*

The kid needs something since this is his his fouth time to do such a thing. He's been reprimanded three times, and it didn't work. Dunno what his mom might have done, but it didn't work either. He's old enough to know right from wrong and accept responsibility for his own actions.

My kiddo has always known that if she ever did anything bad enough for the police to show up, she better not expect me to bail her out of jail. She is old enough to know better, and I have taught her better. If she screws up that badly, I will still love her and support her, but I will not support her actions.

*throws a UO sausage at Adri*
*points to cabe* It was him!

*Slaps an ASBO on Cabe *