The thug who along with a gang of other youths attacked, beat, robbed and stabbed a defenceless teenager in Carrigaline, Co. Cork is set to appear in children’s court this week as he is aged under 18-years-old.
As per the rules of children’s court it is unlikely the press will be informed of the verdict but it is believed the youth is only charged with assault.
The 17-year-old was filmed by friends attacking and repeatedly stabbing and slashing the near unconscious boy last month in footage that shocked the nation but failed to illicit any official response as the attackers were black and the victim white.
It was speculated at the time how different the government and media reaction would have been if footage had gone viral showing a black boy being beaten and almost stabbed to death by a gang of white youths.
During the video of the attack, the boy can be seen with blood across his face and in a dazed state while lying on the ground as one youth turns him to his side and begins to repeatedly stab and slash his back, the attacker even takes the care to lift his jacket first so his blade can penetrate the child as deep as possible.
The young boy is stabbed in the lower back, roughly where his liver is or possibly the lung area.
The attack is filmed and narrated by another youth who appears to have a London accent and it also shows a young girl attempting to shield the boy from the thugs, begging them to stop, but the youth filming wants to get her out of the way so he can continue to shout “look at all the blood, fam”.
In an unrelated incident around the same time, a Limerick teenager was savagely beaten by youths who appear to be shouting at him about “400 years of slavery”.
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