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To think "Reap what you sow".....

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SlartiAardvark · 02/08/2018 09:42

So the wankers that thought it'd be fun to flour & egg a vulnerable lady & pose next to her for a photograph are surprised that the rest of the country thinks they're cunts.

Metro News Link

I find it quite telling that all one of the mothers seems to be concerned about is her "Preshuzzes Birfday Party".

I think it'll do them good to look over their shoulders for a while - hopefully the justice system will give them a poke too....

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yawning801 · 02/08/2018 10:44

Gasp! Your little darling boy is going to have his party affected? Well, diddums. He's just pelted a vulnerable woman with flour, eggs and no doubt all kinds of filthy slurs and abuse. And all you care about is darling boy's little party? Time for him (and you) to grow up.

I'd be unspeakably shocked and horrified if anyone I knew had done these things, even a friend.

ColumboHere · 02/08/2018 10:50

There is a fifth boy who took the photo.

FrancisCrawford · 02/08/2018 10:54

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ThePrioryGhost · 02/08/2018 10:57

“This isn’t what we need” bleats one of the mothers, who has to bear a degree of culpability.

Oh and being tormented, assaulted and terrified was exactly what that poor woman “needed”, was it? Stupid self obsessed cow.

KittyHawke80 · 02/08/2018 10:58

But they’ve got the whole famalam coming down! They’ll be wanting to make some memories with insta filters! I think the boy with the dad might turn out ok. Might. I’d have grave doubts about the rest of his ‘mandem’.

Happygoldfinch · 02/08/2018 10:58

You don't know what punishment and condemnation has gone on behind closed doors
I think we can have a fairly good guess if a birthday party is going ahead. We live in a civilisation - those who choose to not behave in a civilised way should not be tolerated. If they have a problem with the angry responses of the public, they should find somewhere else to live where that behaviour doesn't meet with angry words. They're teenagers, yes, but this cruelty is way beyond 'lads being lads'. The mother's response is baffling; maybe she's such an inadequate herself that she knows she'll one day need the support of her boy and so to hell with society if she now needs to demonstrate support for her indulged brat to secure that future protection.

LighthouseSouth · 02/08/2018 10:58

OP you got my hopes up
I saw this at the time it was printed and because of your title I thought there'd be more news and someone had actually managed to do something!

YeTalkShiteHen · 02/08/2018 11:01

When will people who make death threats and whip up a mob against people who’ve done terrible things realise that they’re just as bad???

That mother hasn’t a clue, she’s raised an appallingly unfeeling, horrid child and now he’s having a party. It’s shameful, all of it is shameful.

I sincerely hope the police make an example of these boys for their bullying and assault of a vulnerable woman. But I also hope that the only consequences they face are from the police, because mob justice is not on.

mikeyssister · 02/08/2018 11:04

There's definitely a photo taker.

Birdsgottafly · 02/08/2018 11:04

I live in a rough bit of Liverpool, were we have Matrix Van patrols to deal with the Teenagers, but they wouldn't dream of doing anything like that. In fact, they'd do in the lads who did.

It is absolute scum behaviour. A toddler may lose his sight, in one eye, in another egg and flour attack. These attacks are being carried out on people who can't fight back, that is the worrying bit.

What would they do, move on to acid?

It's people like them that take disabled people's independence away. The reason why so many vulnerable people have to live in supported accommodation is because of scum like them.

I hope that they are convicted in a way that it does effect their choices of study and employment. You can bet that there is a whole trail of anti-social behaviour, but even that term probably undermines the effects of their behaviour on the community.

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SlartiAardvark · 02/08/2018 11:05

I'd be so ashamed if it was one of my kids - I honestly can't begin to guess how upset & disappointed I'd be.

I certainly wouldn't be whining about parties etc - I'd be too busy looking for where I'd gone wrong!

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YeTalkShiteHen · 02/08/2018 11:06

If it was one of mine I would genuinely feel I’d failed as a mother.

I certainly would not be holding any parties and if one was planned it would be cancelled!

ElBurroSinNombre · 02/08/2018 11:09

The perpetrators could easily end up in a YOI when dealt with by the courts, although proving who did what might be difficult.
The mother may then not have the stress of arranging the boy's 17th.

JustLikeBefore · 02/08/2018 11:12

A toddler may lose his sight, in one eye, in another egg and flour attack. These attacks are being carried out on people who can't fight back, that is the worrying bit

is this a thing then?

TypicallyNorthern · 02/08/2018 11:12

I have a teenage son and I can say with certainty that he is not a sheep and would neither instigate or go along with a stunt like this.

They assaulted her and the fact that she is vulnerable makes it even worse. There are a number of crimes here IMO - assault, circulating images of a crime. They need to be punished for what they have done to her. They should be made to pick up dog shit in the streets for 100 hours each and clean public toilets in high viz jackets with their crime written on the back. I bet they wouldn't do it again.

As for that parent saying about his 16th Birthday well that just shows you that their shockingly shit parenting has led to her DS doing things like this. If that was my son I would have read him the riot act and made him not only apologise but make amends to her.

LighthouseSouth · 02/08/2018 11:13

My understanding was that six people were arrested in connection with this.

TypicallyNorthern · 02/08/2018 11:16

death threats are unnecessary but I guess it teaches them that actions have consequences

No one is going to go after them, they are just trying to scare them. Looks like it is working and there are now 5 less fuckwits on the street in Bury St. Edmunds.

ElBurroSinNombre · 02/08/2018 11:17

I should just add that the press quotes are often very selective. The mother will have mentioned the birthday party amongst other things and she may well have condemned the behaviour but its just not reported.

mummabearfoyrbabybears · 02/08/2018 11:18

I had an egg thrown at me when I was a painfully shy 15year old. It really hurts first of all. People are surprised by that as eggs easily break but it felt like being hit with a rock. It lives with me TIL this day. It was mortifying and took away any confidence and self esteem I had. That poor lady.

ScrambledMeg · 02/08/2018 11:20

That is utterly vile. A horribly telling comment from the victim too...
"I don’t particularly want to escalate the current tension in the area. I’ve got to be careful with how I deal with things..."
This makes me really mad. She has to go through the humiliation and abuse and then continue to modify her own behaviour as a result of being the victim?! Poor thing. Those boys are dregs and I hope they turn over a new leaf smartish

Myotherusernameisbest · 02/08/2018 11:25

He's still having his birthday party? WTAF!

Says it all.

Kokeshi123 · 02/08/2018 11:27

Death threats are never acceptable in a civilized society.

What they did was appalling, but it must be handled through the proper legal channels, not baying mobs.

Birdsgottafly · 02/08/2018 11:29

JustLikeBefore, it's been going on for years, on a small scale. But this summer there seems to be an increase. Putting the after effects on Social media was being encouraged.

We've just had the first Teenager jailed for the death of his acid Victim.

We need new laws and strategies (that doesn't involve sending them on days out/holidays). Way back we needed tougher sentencing for carrying knives and it wasn't done, likewise drugs.

Birdsgottafly · 02/08/2018 11:31

""What they did was appalling, but it must be handled through the proper legal channels, not baying mobs.""

I sum-what agree. However, the law doesn't handle things and people, quite rightly, feel strongly against attacks on vulnerable people. The 15 year old, in particular, need to understand how bad it is what they did and what the consequences can be.

Notevilstepmother · 02/08/2018 11:34

Much kudos to the father of one of them at least.

The father of one of the other boys says he marched his son straight to the local police station to confess to what he had done before grounding him

Shame the other families seem more bothered about pretending it’s not their little darlings fault.

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