Will my son go to prison?

[MrsPortious]

DS is 17. He has been arrested before for assault but it was dealt with by youth justice serve so officially not charged.

Early this week, he was arrested for affect. An unprovoked attack on an unknown male, caught in CCTV, where he was seen kicking him over 20 times in the head and face. Unknown male has not come forward. Behind the scenes, DS was already being investigated for threats of arson and threats to kill.
Solicitor says it has prison written all over it. I can’t get my head around that. He’s currently released without bail pending further enquiries.

Will he go to prison?

I’ve tried so hard to get him help. Have referred him to social devices, drug counselling, Cahms ... cahms are the only ones still involved.

I’m just stuck in limbo now waiting for a court date. I have no support and it’s killing me. His father was supposed to be having him this weekend but “something came up”. I don’t get the opportunity of “something coming up”. I have it 24/7.

The CCTV is so sickening, it’s the kind of thing that will go viral on Facebook if the press gets hold of it. DS cares not one bit. When solicitor told him it could be a prison sentence, he didn’t react at all. Solicitor rang me the next day to say he’d never seen such a violence assault and he’d never known such an emotionless response from the offender.

Will my Christmas Day involve me signing into the visitors book at HMP? I have nobody to talk to about this.

Not helpful Maddie. Of course people's sympathies will firstly lie with the victim. That's only human nature.However, My dd thankfully and up to yet hasn't turned out a to be bad stick but I've still got my nephews to grow up yet. I have no idea whatsoever how they're going to turn out. My dsis dbil and I are doing our best to BRIng them up to respectful considerate young men as I'm sure op did with her son. Sometimes it really is in the lap of the Gods how they turn out. If this young man had been dragged up. Op wouldn't be writing on here for support as she wouldn't care.

Of course it's not helpful, it's still a valid question and one which will be asked by the relevant authorities.

madieella what happened in your childhood to make you the sort of woman who would post such a heartless comment on a thread asking for support

I feel sorry for all the posters on here who think empathy is a finite resource. I can feel sorry for OP's son's victim, for OP, and even some for her son despite how horrendous what he's done is. You have to be either pretty thick or pretty low on compassion to think it's an either/or and that everyone who is offering kindness to the OP clearly doesn't care about the victim.

This!

Could be a positive. You get a break. He gets help. (And the innocent public is protected.)

mamamedic said it better than I can - exactly this.

Ah OP. Sorry to read your post. We have a 16 year old. Been in trouble with police too. Has ASD. Done everything we can to help him. Got in with bad crowd and smokes weed regularly. Violent and aggressive towards us. We have had him arrested and will do so again if necessary. So I do understand some of what you are dealing with. I would anticipate a prison sentence. Tbh it sounds like it's needed to try and break that cycle of violence if he gets the right support. Anyone who can support you at all ?

For some (and I know it sounds overly optimistic) the short sharp shock of prison does turn their lives around. I know a guy who went inside at 19 got 18 months but from there got clean from drugs and addressed his underlying mental health issues.

Take care, it's horrible for you whatever, do seek support if you need it