Mum wins compensation for 'attack' on son by 3 year old!!!!!!!!!!

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what the F

sorry but I think persuing this was just so awful. Three year old hits another 3 year old with a car jack when they were left alone in the car.

I do think it's ok to leave kids alone in cars for short periods of time but to persue a case like this seems extreme to me.

Wannabe says it all for me and I wish you had gone on air to sort out 5 Live!!!

I think the child will suffer a lot less if the mother just stopped going on about it, putting him all over the telly, and suing for money for him.

I was also listening to R5 and the solictor said that becuase they have benn fighting for this compenstation for the last two years they haven't had time to focus on the counselling side for victim etc . - thanks ruthie for saying I heard it correctly .

Well that just about sums it all up - more interest in money than getting the 'victim' counselling and helping him through this all.

He would have got the help he needed I'm sure without having to pay privately for it.

I really would like to know what the money is going to be spent on .

There's more to this story than we are being told.Question's to this case don't add up!And why is mother of child who was attacked 2 years allowing her boy to write on settee without any retribution whatsover?{ as seen on T.V)
I certainly think this mother has been encouraged in other quarters to appeal. I t just leaves me with a nasty taste in my mouth!

There is more to this , but you never know wwe might be reading it in the Sun next week , or one of those flimsy magazines that have those 'life stories in it ' !

I am sure that this will not be tha last we hear of this story in the media.

I think Mumsnet should encourage mother to join this site and read tips on toddlers' and tantrums!!

I am without reservation certain that this family will appear on the now appalling soap opera style programme This Morning!!

get her invited on for a web chat !

P.S. And get paid!!!

I would also like to suggest that mumsnet founders' get themselves on Today programme on radio 4 to discuss the overwhelming response to this item!

Heard about this on BBC2 radio on way home just after lunch.

Ridiculous IMO and sets a dreadful precedent.

The mum sounded clueless. On one hand she said she was happy they'd won so they could get compensation for her son "to make him feel happy about what happened" yet on the other hand she doesn't know what she is wantng/looking for in terms of compensation either.

What compensation can be due the boy? He had, fortunately, no lasting phsical damage bar a couple of small marks apparently and no known physchological damage (they claim not to be able to know yet). There was no damage to the brain, no lasting injuries, etc.

Children do not do well out of compensation. Even for loss of life the amounts recieved are relatively low. For injuries caused with no lasting damage it is going to be minimal - no loss of earnings, no continued care requirements, etc. What do they hope to get?

The boy is not yet 6 and it happened 3 years ago, so the children at the time must have been pretty young 3yos. IMO unless the parents have gone on and on about this incident to the young child, by now - 3 years later - he would have forgotten, or have very limited memory of it. They have, IMO, made the incident even worse by pursueing this, dragging him into legal battles, having his name and photo plastered over the TV and papers - why not let hi forget, esp if there is no damage from the incident.

I just think the whole thing is ridiculous.

Anyone else wonder if it was some "no win no fee" type ambulance chaser lawyer behind this? Bet he will be getting paid now - so any compensation recieved for the boy will be much lower anyway.

Also heard the mother interviewed on R2. She believes that children understand the difference between right and wrong from an early age clearly not when it comes to writing on furniture .

She said that they had been going out for a meal with the other family and that they weren't quite ready so her son ran and got himself into the car with the other child. When questioned as to how the children ended up alone together in the car she replied that the other parents had stopped off on the way and left them alone while they did something.

The whole situation is outrageous. I'm in no doubt that it must have been awful for her to see her son covered in blood and bruised but its not a state funded compensation issue. The child who injured hers was 3yrs old and therefore not able to be guilty of a criminal act yet she is claiming compensation from the Criminal Injury Compensation Authority. She actually said she didn't have a clue how much compensation she was hoping for or what it would be spent on. Her son has no permanent scarring or problems associated with the incident, has no loss of earnings etc - she needs to move on and stop being so money grabbing imo

They'll take him to Florida Disney so he can get over the incident and get some therapy from Mickey Mouse !

FFS they are wondering about what his future holds. HE IS FULLY RECOVERED!!!!

Hulababy, it said in the northwest news on BBC1 at lunch time that she had called one of the "no win no fees" company after seeing an advertissement on tv.

Fab - exactly. It is the parents who are maing this into a bigger trauma for the boy than it could be. Yes it was horrible and a terrible accident/incident. But it was 3 years ago. The little boy would now have no memories of it had the parents used their sense and left it as a tragic accident and moved on.

gorionine - there you go then. I knew it. Well, at least someone will benefit from this sad state of affairs then. At it most certainly won;t be that little five year old that;s for certain.

Saw the mum on telly this morning, clearly she tried (and failed) to get herself appropriately made up for the appearance (WTF was going on with her eyelashes?)

I thought the same thing as many of you. Compensated for what? The kid has no lasting damage, no loss of earnings, so what is there to be compensated for? And why do we as taxpayers have to pay for it? If she wants to get compensated for the accident, she should sue the other parents for being negligent. Or, just accept that stuff like this will happen and be grateful that her kid is okay!

Im not sure what i make of this heard it earlier and i dont think you can blame the kids they were 3 (shocked at level of violence all the same though). Its the parents fault but if it was the 'attackers' parents who left them in the car with a car jack i can understand a bit more why the 'victims' mum did this.
Im not sure if anyone else has said this as i havnt followed the thread but i think its very sad and i think it could possibly lead the way for not so caring parents to try and make a quick buck on thier kids at any opportunity

lol at yankncock
"Saw the mum on telly this morning, clearly she tried (and failed) to get herself appropriately made up for the appearance (WTF was going on with her eyelashes?)"
Those were exactly my thoughts when watching too!

She's made sure that he'll always remember it by making such a huge thing of it.
I presume her son did her make up for her with the pen.

If the children were alone in the car and were travelling with the other parents anyway, how does she know:

"My son was hit 11 times on his head and face with a car jack, his attacker kept on lashing out even though Jay was screaming out in pain and covered in blood." as quoted on the BBC?

Redsofas, the newspaper report I saw said she was a 'make-up artist and trainee beautician'. I admit I laughed.

The hospital would have been able to assess how many times he had been struck.

Am speechless at the whole situation (and the dodgy false eyelashes).

It wasn't how many times he was hit, it was the bit about his 'attacker' who kept lashing out even though Jay was screaming and covered in blood. I'm sure he probably was but she doesn't actually know that does she?

It was the bit where she said that he still talks about it that really irritated me. Well it's hardly surprising is it, considering she's been pursuing it for years

spice, you are right 'tis conjecture not fact.