A judge today criticised the school where a teenager was beaten to the
brink of death with a hammer as she imprisoned five gang members
involved in the "brutal" attack.
Nazrul Amin, 19, two 15-year-olds, a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old, all
from Swindon, were part of group of 13 young men convicted for their
part in severely beating Henry Webster, at Ridgeway School in Wroughton, last year.
The attack in the school tennis courts last year was previously likened
to a scene from a Quentin Tarantino film by prosecutor James Patrick.
Ginger-haired Henry was left fighting for his life and needed surgery
after the assault which left him with three skull fractures and brain
injury.
Judge Carol Hagen criticised Ridgeway School when sentencing the five
young men at Bristol Crown Court today and asked why there was no staff
presence in the tennis courts at the end of the school day.
She added it was "a miracle" Henry survived the assault.
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She said: "What I find little short of astonishing is the fact that not
a single member of staff was present in the tennis courts when the bell
went."
She went on: "Given the confrontation earlier that day which was known
to staff I simply fail to understand why no member of staff was
present."
Nazrul Amin was sentenced to 18 months in a young offenders institute
and the remaining four youths were given detention and training
sentences.
A 16-year-old and a 15-year-old both received eight months, another
15-year-old received 18 months and a 17-year-old received 12 months.
Wasif Khan, 19, Amjad Qazi, 20, convicted of causing grievous bodily
harm, and six other Asian men convicted of conspiracy charges will be
sentenced later today.
In the second of two trials, Aqduss Rauf, 20, and Bilal Yakub, 18,
Rouble Meah, 20, Mahbub Ali, 19, and Kamran Khan, 24, were found guilty
of conspiracy to cause actual bodily harm .
A 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named, pleaded guilty to a charge of
violent disorder at the start of the second trial.
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