Gang of lads attack 10-year l0 year old boy

 10 year old Richard Wright was attacked on a very short journey to the shops ‘Coming past the dark street corner I started to walk towards the alley. I noticed a group of people; they were looking towards me. My heart beat was racing I could feel something was going to happen.’ And it certainly did. Richard was knocked down and his money was taken. He fled home in tears and panic. He was sent out again, briskly walking he came to the alley and at the bottom there they were. He heard a cry and ran, but they soon caught up and did the same and he fled yet again in alarm. Richard said he had never felt so scared before he could feel this was going to be bad.

 The boy’s mother told him to go out and stick up for him self. She gave him a long heavy stick and said “don’t you come back into the house until you’ve gotten those groceries”

 The gang better known as ‘The Boy’s in black’ spoke to me to give their version of incident. “We didn’t kick him that hard he shouted at us first. You should have seen him afterwards, he put my mate in hospital.

 The second attack lead to the third vicious attack not on the boy but the gang of lads. He took a long heavy stick out with him and went out with rage in his eyes. Richard fought back with all his strength and he struck them down. The parents of the boys rushed out to see what was going on.  They said they had never seen a boy like that with so much anger and rage in his facial expression.

  Richard Wright is recovering and so are the gang of lads but something has to be done about this and soon before any more damage is caused.            

     By Ann Marie Dawes