my son, who is 12,was recently shot in the back of the head with an air gun on his return home from school. This began what seemsto be a long battle to try to get the culprit expelled, but has really got us nowhere. The headteacher feels that 10 days exclusion is sufficient for this crime, despite the fact that the boy in question has been bullying my son and others relentlessly for ages. My son has experienced verbal and physical abuse, had his property damaged, had coke poured over his head, had rascist comments directed at him, been ganged up against and now shot. When will it end if the treatment of such bullies is so soft. Has anyone else encountered such an attitude? We even involved the LEA and police in the last incident.