Two years’ jail for teenager living rough (From Daily Echo)
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Two years’ jail for teenager living rough
7:10am Friday 27th August 2010 in
A TEENAGER reduced to sofa-surfing and living in an underpass following a fall-out with his mother was jailed for two years for attempted robbery.
Patrick Murphy, 18, punched a man waiting at a bus stop in West End Road, Southampton, three times in the face.
Then, an unknown accomplice struck him with a bicycle chain and demanded his mobile phone and cash.
The victim, however, ran off and was treated in hospital for cuts and bruises, said prosecutor Marcus Davey.
Murphy, of Lydgate Road, Southampton, who also admitted two thefts and one attempted theft from cars, was in breach of two community orders.
Passing sentence at Southampton Crown Court, Recorder Nicholas Atkinson QC told Murphy: “You drastically went to pieces last year and appeared before courts again and again. There is no alternative to a prison sentence.”
In mitigation, Anne Brown said that the crime had been spontaneous. Murphy thought that the victim had attacked him two weeks earlier and when he realised that it was a case of mistaken identity he stopped, she said.
Comments(18)
Stillness
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8:05am Fri 27 Aug 10
Big Mac
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8:31am Fri 27 Aug 10
And to think she gets paid to dream these scenarios up, it's a total farce and a disgraceful defence.
da boss
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8:58am Fri 27 Aug 10
Walter K
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9:24am Fri 27 Aug 10
Carpe Diem
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9:39am Fri 27 Aug 10
Walter K wrote:Very good :-)
When asked about his sentence afterwards Murphy was overheard saying "I'm not Bitter"....
The Edge of Reason
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10:11am Fri 27 Aug 10
Walter K wrote:He must be lager then
When asked about his sentence afterwards Murphy was overheard saying "I'm not Bitter"....
Stillness
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10:17am Fri 27 Aug 10
The Edge of Reason
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10:30am Fri 27 Aug 10
ToastyTea
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10:42am Fri 27 Aug 10
262red@blue
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11:27am Fri 27 Aug 10
Dragnet
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12:12pm Fri 27 Aug 10
password grow-wash!!??
Victorian Principles
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2:51pm Fri 27 Aug 10
262red@blue
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4:21pm Fri 27 Aug 10
Dragnet wrote:lmao well said dragnet
From living in an underpass to prison. 3 square meals, tv and all the rest of it. Doesn't seem like punishment to me. Send him back to the underpass. password grow-wash!!??
262red@blue
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4:23pm Fri 27 Aug 10
Redback
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2:11pm Sat 28 Aug 10
262red@blue wrote:Yes, punishing violence with violence always makes things better doesn't it?
hope someone wraps a bike chain around his mug while he,s inside
262red@blue
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8:29pm Sun 29 Aug 10
Redback wrote:yep you can make him a cup of tea and tuck him up at night you ponce
262red@blue wrote: hope someone wraps a bike chain around his mug while he,s insideYes, punishing violence with violence always makes things better doesn't it?
TUNA_MAN
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1:32am Wed 8 Sep 10
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8:02am Fri 27 Aug 10