Rallying call to save Royal British Legion clubs
- Today's leader
Court told of teen wrecking spree in Stoke Heath class
Tuesday 8th November 2011, 10:59AM GMT.
Four teenagers caused almost £15,000 worth of damage when they barricaded themselves in a classroom at a Shropshire young offenders institution and went on a wrecking spree, a court heard.
The ringleader was 18-year-old Thomas Neate who barricaded himself and the other youths inside the room at Stoke Heath, near Market Drayton, after forcing a woman teacher to flee, Shrewsbury Crown Court heard.
The court was yesterday told just a month before the disturbance last November Neate and another inmate caused £3,457 damage to an association room after barricading themselves inside.
Mr Robert Edwards, prosecuting, said Neate stabbed a prison officer in the head with a piece of broken glass in the October incident.
He said the subsequent incident in November was so serious prison staff had to call in a national ‘Tornado response team’.
Neate, of Rochdale, Lancashire, previously admitted affray and criminal damage over the November incident.
The same two charges had also been admitted by a 17-year-old from Birmingham who cannot be named for legal reasons and 18-year-olds James Williams, of Newborough, Anglesey, and Jack Berridge, of Lawford Avenue, Wednesfield.
Judge Onions sentenced Neate to 21 months’ detention which, the court heard, would start at the end of a 42-month sentence given to him at Bolton Crown Court last September.
Williams and Berridge were each sentenced to 12 months’ detention in a young offenders institution while the 17-year-old was made the subject of a 12-month detention and training order.
Sponsored Links
Most Commented
- Shropshire Council will face £8m redundancy bill
- Clampdown on Shrewsbury chuggers
- Bishop's gay marriage views do nothing to support bible teachings
- Letter: Alcohol price plans annoy me
- Letter: No sense in overseas job adverts
- Letter: Angered by close encounter of the furred kind
- The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff doesn't raise a smile
Shropshire Star on Twitter
Keep updated with the latest breaking news and content on our Twitter feed.
Lifestyle
Interactive Dining Out map
Hundreds of reviews by the Shropshire Star and Express & Star's teams to help you decide where to eat.
Entertainment
All the film reviews
Before you plan a trip to the pictures, get our critics' verdicts on all the latest movie releases.
OUR NEW APP
Get the new Shropshire Star app
Download the Shropshire Star’s new app to your iPad or iPhone to get one week of access to our digital newspapers absolutely FREE.
shropshirestar.com
Popular sections
Useful links
