JAILED: Teenager locked up over machete attack
He's been sentenced to 7 years behind bars.
A teenager, who attacked a 17 year old boy with a machete in broad daylight in Nottingham city centre, has been locked up for 7 years.
The 16 year old boy, who can’t be named, stabbed the victim three times in September last year.
The attack happened at the junction of Lower Parliament Street and Pennyfoot Street.
The victim was left with life threatening injuries.
Members of the public, including some who got out of their cars, called the emergency services and helped provide medical assistance until police and paramedics arrived soon after.
They included a junior doctor who was so concerned about his condition, she fetched a defibrillator.
In mitigation, the defence for the teenager said he’d ‘showed appropriate remorse’ and ‘demonstrated rapid signs of maturity’ since the attack.
Detective Inspector Jon Kerry, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “Thankfully, incidents of this severity are extremely rare but it’s understandable that violence of this nature does create concern within local communities.
“I’d like to reassure people that the force treats such incidents extremely seriously, we do take action and we will always do everything we can to keep people safe and bring violent offenders before the courts.
"As in any case of serious weapon-enabled violence, officers were quick to respond to this incident and acted swiftly to investigate.
"This shocking, brutal attack happened in broad daylight in the middle of the street and was witnessed by members of the public travelling through the area.
“It was due to sheer luck only that this incident didn’t end in a life being lost and I’d like to thank those members of the public who stopped, provided first aid, and called the emergency services after witnessing such horrific scenes.
“We are absolutely committed as a force to preventing and reducing incidents of knife crime in our communities and to taking robust action against anyone who gets involved in this kind of dangerous behaviour and intends to use bladed weapons to inflict harm on others."