Witnesses sought after assault on motorist in Minehead (From Somerset County Gazette)
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Witnesses sought after assault on motorist in Minehead
2:30pm Monday 30th July 2012 in News
By Hannah Green
Witnesses sought after assault on motorist in Minehead
WITNESSES are being sought after a motorist was punched in the head in Minehead on Friday (July
27).
The assault happened at 4.30pm when the victim was driving his blue Peugeot 306 in North Street and a bottle was thrown at the rear window.
When he stopped and challenged the person who had thrown the bottle, a woman punched him in the head through the driver’s window, causing swelling to the his lip.
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and a 17-year-old girl has been arrested on suspicion of common assault. Both have been released on police bail pending further
enquiries.
Anyone with information about the assault should contact PC Murtagh at Minehead Police Station on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800-555111.
Comments(4)
localmcnocal
says...
3:49pm Wed 1 Aug 12
Rather than blaming the state for not being punitive enough (as usual, a little tiresome), how about parents taking more responsibility. This is more down to poor parenting and poor social skills, than down to a lack of punitive action from police
Mi_Coc
says...
10:26am Thu 2 Aug 12
localmcnocal wrote:How do you get teenagers to behave in a more socially responsible mannor. I blame the wellfare state in this country supports people not working and in turn they lose their self respect and become a public nusiance.
Chop their fingers off? A little extreme? Rather than blaming the state for not being punitive enough (as usual, a little tiresome), how about parents taking more responsibility. This is more down to poor parenting and poor social skills, than down to a lack of punitive action from police
Grumpygutz
says...
3:05pm Sun 5 Aug 12
Mi_Coc says...
3:46pm Mon 30 Jul 12
No point in even wasting police time magistrates wont do diddly, they are under 18 and basically they can do how they like in this country for fear the police may process them for 5 mins while the magistrates won't even slap their wrists.
Maybe some muslin states do have the right idea chop there fingers off. They would think twice then.