Sentence for catapult attack

0 Comments | Sevenoaks Chronicle, Jul 8, 2010

A Teenager has been handed a community work order after assaulting a community warden.

The 17-year-old boy, of Westerham, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was sentenced at Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court on June 24 for assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

The teen pleaded guilty to injuring Stephen Taylor in a catapult attack on March 24 outside The Hospice in the Weald charity shop in the High Street. A stone was fired at the warden, who was on duty at the time, injuring his hip.

He was sentenced to 120 hours’ unpaid work within the next 12 months, as specified by the Youth Offender Team, ordered to pay Pounds 185 costs and must complete an anger management course.

He has also been banned from owning or using a catapult for 12 months and must take part in a victim empathy programme.