General Chat

I told you about David a while back, he is the younger brother of my son's friend from childhood, and was born on the first anniversary of my father's death. His mother has an illness similar to cerebal palsy, and his Dad had died in early January 2007 of cancer of the oesophagus, the mother has to have full time care so they were struggling to cope in their two bedroomed flat since the father's death. I didn't realise that this wasn't a one off incident, when David was left so severely injured, he had stayed in his room and not even told his brother and his Mum when he visited her as by the time it came to a head, she was in a home, thought he didn't look right but he didn't say a word at first till a social worker took him to the doctor and the hospital. Just at the time he had lost his Dad, who was in his 70's, this evil person started to prey on David and cause him such pain.
I have seen him recently as he spends time with my son and his brother and friends, and he is such a pleasant boy, about to start a course at college, and I feel very upset that he had to cope with such awful treatment.


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A teenager who systematically tortured a former school friend over an eight-month period was sent to a young offenders' institute for six years.

Described as having an antisocial personality, Thofojul Islam, 18, nearly blinded David W., punctured his lungs and hit him with a golf club and hammer between January and September 2007.

Norwich Crown Court heard on Friday that Islam had first met Mr W. as 14-year-olds while they were at school together.

Judge Simon Barham was told that Islam, of Robin Hood Road, Norwich, used cannabis and would get angry if Mr W., who was in a vulnerable state, did not go and buy it for him.

During violent and brutal beatings and attacks Mr W., now 18, feared that his friend would kill him.

Islam admitted three counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and one offence of unlawfully inflicting grievous bodily harm.

Describing one attack, Mr W. said: “He pushed both his thumbs in my eyes, which lasted for about 30 seconds and he did that 10 times over a period of time.” Because of the incident the victim was left with very little vision in his right eye and faces further operations.

Ian James, mitigating, said: “He apologises for the wrong he has done. There was a small gang of young males of similar years.

“Islam was the most dominant party in the group.”


Sizx years is not enough for the wicked way this scumbag behaved towards poor David, how his Mum will cope with reading this I don't know. She is still in a care home for the handicapped, David is living with friends and his brother is sharing a house with his friends. They have lost their family home and probably a lot of their possessions and treasures since the Dad died and the flat was eventually given up, the older brother, coming up to 25, is not really up to keeping a home together for them both, altho he works and leads a full and active life, he was always a bit 'away with the fairies'

I hope now David can get on with his life and get the operations over and they help him a bit, he looks very battered and different to the good looking lad he was when I saw him at his Dad's funeral.

I can't imagine what his Dad would be thinking if he knew, he would be heartbroken to see his lad in this state and to see them so adrift.

Lizx

Hi Sis, the way he told it when he was hospitalised was that he was beaten up by a gang while walking home, I suppose he was too scared to say what the truth was, bless him. He is a big lad and before his Dad died was quite overweight, when I saw him at the funeral he had slimmed down a lot but was still a tall lad. His mother is a very gentle lady, in her 50s now and I have known her, just to speak to at first, since she was a young woman and able to get herself around by train etc in her wheelchair, but as she got more disabled, she needed a carer and that's when she and Peter met. He was divorced and they were soon married and she was expecting her boy who is a couple of years younger than my son. The older boy and mine have been friends for 22 years. When David was born, in 1991, I took his brother into school so his Dad didn't have to bring the baby out in the snow. He was such a good Dad and did loads of things with the boys, he was an ex Scout leader and encouraged them to attend Scouts, they were strong Churchgoers and took the boys every Sunday.

If only David had confided in someone, I don't know why the teachers at his school didn't notice his bruises etc and check with his social worker, who was helping the family adjust after the father's death. I can only be thankful that worse wasn't done to David, he could have been blinded or killed, by that awful person.

It makes me sick to my stomach and very sad.

xxx

n

Nudge please.

Thank you.
xx

Liz that is just .....
I really am lost for words....

Deanna X

my god that poor young boy to go through the loss of his father and having to face that every day they should lock the person or persons up who did that to him up for the rest fo their lives and throw away the key not give them 6 years how can that be punishment for the pain he inflicted upon this young lad how truly awful

I wonder what the mother of the boy who did this, is feeling now, probably just complaining that her son is locked up, altho I shouldn't judge, she should have had more control over her son to know what he was up to, at just 16. She must have known David well as they were friends and I am sure David's Dad would have given hospitality to him before he was ill and died, as he always let the lads have their friends in including my son. His wife worried about the boys so much and would make Peter the dad, wait up for a call from the older lad to pick him up from nights out, even when it was 2am, he would go out and drive the boy and his friends home safely. The poor man was in his 70s but still doing everything in the house and for his wife as well as the sons, he had no strength left to fight the cancer. He was in hospital for several weeks before he died so it was a dreadful time for all the family with carers having to share their two bedroomed flat and the boys having to cope as best they could.
There are older half brothers (in their forties and fifties) and their families who used to be at the boys' birthday parties etc but after the funeral they didn't do much to help at all.
I hope if David gets compensation from the Criminal Injuries board, which I think he should get, he is advised wisely on how best to use it, not just fritter it away.
Lizx