'It's All The Fault Of Climate Change!' Pt 1798541

High temperatures and air pollution has previously been linked to aggression in humans, monkeys, rats and mice.

Now a study spanning 10 years has found the phenomenon also applies to man's best friend.

Wha..? Where did you get this from, Ambush? 

Well, Reader...

A teenager and two adults were rushed to hospital after a dog attack inside a home. The incident took place in the early hours of the morning of June 23 in a property in Leverington, Cambridgeshire.

Dangerous dog officers were called to the home just after 3am, finding three people involved injured at the scene.

Emergency services remained at the scene through the early hours and into the morning with a cordon placed around the house.

An investigation is also currently ongoing into the incident, reports Cambridgeshire Live.

Yup, 'climate change', I'm sure that's the cause.  

'Agony Aunts' Are Somewhat...Different...In The Dear Old 'Guardian'

*blinks* 

One of the common mistakes white people make is to overestimate their importance in the lives and imaginations of people of colour.

Could that possibly be because race baiters like you never shut up about it? 

Racism matters, and microaggressions are important because they often impede our ability to function in the world with ease by stopping us from conducting basic activities like driving, shopping, or even just walking down the street.

*skepticism intensifies* 

But at the level of whether a particular white person is interested in dating us or not, I think you would have a hard time finding any woman of colour who would be even mildly concerned about this.

Sisonke is just brimming with compassion for us honkeys, isn't she?

I feel bad for him: one of the burdens of whiteness is how much it stunts the lives of those who buy into its deceits.

It's not the first thing that springs to mind when 'the burden of whiteness' crops up, actually... 

The bigger question you need to ask yourself is whether your values and his still align. Surely this is not the only area where his attitudes on race show up.

Yes, it must be racism that drives sexual preferences. I mean, what else could it possibly be? 

University Isn't For Everyone...

The mother of a University of Exeter student believed to have killed himself after a “disastrous” set of exam results has accused academics of failing to make her son feel like he was “wanted”.

*sighs* Here we go again... 

Less than a month before his death last year, Harry Armstrong Evans, 21, told his tutor in an email that isolation during the pandemic had affected his mental health and his performance in his third-year physics and astrophysics exams. But neither academic staff nor the welfare team spoke to the student face-to-face after the email and his mother, Alice, told the inquest into his death on Thursday that her son had not understood he could do re-takes or repeat his final year.

Surely a 21 year old should be expected to do something for himself? It's infants that need spoonfeeding, isn't it? 

Addressing the head of the department, Tim Harries, she said academics should have done more to help her son, who had performed well until then. She said: “You should have contacted Harry and said: ‘What’s going on here?’

We were so thrilled he was going to Exeter. We didn’t expect Harry to take his life. It was definitely as a result of these exams.”

Sure, it couldn't possibly be anything else. Anything closer to home. Could it? 

A group of parents, including the mother and father of Natasha Abrahart, a University of Bristol physics undergraduate who had severe social anxiety and killed herself a day before she was due to give a “terrifying” oral exam, called for the government to introduce new laws to protect students.

Good grief! No good can come from mollycoddling adults as if they were children, yet we seem hell-bent on it, don't we?

This Never Occurred To Them Before The Coroner Suggested It..?

'Where there is disclosure that a service user is in possession of an offensive weapon this must be documented; there must be a documented discussion as to the response; the information must be passed to the police; any action taken by the trust and/or the police to be documented.'

For 'service user' read 'potentially dangerous mental patient'...

In his Prevention of Future Deaths report Mr Middleton wrote: 'During the course of that meeting the perpetrator disclosed that he was in possession of a knife, that he was sleeping rough and he needed the knife for his own protection.

'The members of the Dorset Forensic (Mental Health) Team did not probe as to where the perpetrator was sleeping.' He added the fact that he said he was carrying a knife was not probed further by the forensic social worker, who work with offenders with mental health problems.

It was also not recorded at the time in his records and not raised during a Care Programme Meeting - which monitors the package of care people with mental health problems receive - held the day following the disclosure.

Did anyone bother to do their job properly? 

Dorset HealthCare said they accepted the coroner's conclusion and will make changes to 'minimise the risk of such a tragedy happening again'.

Only 'minimise' it, because they clearly know they are employing people who aren't up to the job, and probably cvan't get rid of them... 

Detective Inspector Richard Dixey, of MCIT, said in 2017: 'Ryan died as a result of a brutal knife attack by someone he had classed as his friend.

'His death was tragic and needless and I hope the sentence handed down today will assist Ryan's friends and family in some small way as a step towards closure during what has been a terribly traumatic time.'

You don't think the revelation that it was completely avoidable adds to the trauma, then, Richard..? 

Fewer People Like Lloyd Or Nate Is A Good Thing, That's True...

When Lloyd Williamson lay on his back in a GP’s clinic late last November, it was for the surgical culmination of years of soul searching. Williamson, who is 30 and from Essex, remembers wanting a family as a child, but something changed in his early 20s. “I thought: you know what? I don’t want to bring a life into this world, because it’s pretty shitty as it is and it’s only going to get worse,” he says, two weeks after his vasectomy.

You'd think his personality would be contraception renough, wouldn't you?  

Williamson, who works as a data support officer for Essex county council (he stood unsuccessfully as a Green party councillor in Chelmsford in 2019), says he knows of other young, childless men who are thinking of doing the same thing.

But then, this is Essex! 

Sadly, it's not confined to Essex:

It should not be surprising that a generation with increased awareness of the climate emergency is asking big questions about traditional family structures.

Translation: "These people are stupid enough to swallow anything, so no wonder they collude in their own destruction!" 

For Nate Miller (not his real name), a 36-year-old from Colorado, the election in 2016 of Donald Trump, a climate science denier, was the clincher.

Good. Maybe when enough of these people have embraced their own destruction, the overall IQ will go up a point or two. 

"Lord Summers’ comments have sparked an outcry..."

Amongst whom? People blind to reality?

The woman, who worked in Edinburgh’s Burke and Hare while she was a student, was fighting for £1,800 in holiday pay from the bar.

She is now working in a different job and moved away from the venue, but argued her identity becoming public would damage her mental health and put her at risk of violence.

Strange request from a barmaid? But no, Reader. That's not what her job used to be:  

Lord Summers concluded “she had willingly undertaken the risk of abuse and violence when she worked as a stripper”.

He also stated the woman knew “working as a stripper might harm her career prospects”.

Well, yes. Unless she was terminally stupid.  

I Wonder What Else Has Increased Along With It?

The number of “honour-based” abuse (HBA) offences recorded by English police forces has soared over the past five years, figures suggest.

Hmm, what else has 'soared' over the past five years in tandem? 

While some of the increase in HBA offences could be down to more victims coming forward and improved identification of offences by police...

That 'could be' is doing a lot of work, eh? 

...Imran Khodabocus, a senior associate at the Family Law Company who represents families in such cases, said the rise was alarming.

He said: “It’s essential education around what honour-based abuse is and how it impacts families is improved across the country.”

Education for whom, Mr Khodabocus? 

Good, If It's 'Guidance' I'll Take It Under Advisement...

Stronger guidance on wearing masks is being planned in case coronavirus hospitalisations keep rising.

...but we all know it's not going to be guidance, don't we?

Ministers are now concerned by falling compliance in supermarkets, trains and buses amid rising infection levels. Yesterday there were another 37,622 Covid cases and 147 deaths. There are also 8,098 patients in hospital with the virus – a six-month high and a rise of 6 per cent in a week.

No doubt the Met Police can't wait to act like their Aussie counterparts... 

Although government sources insist a mask mandate is not imminent, the fact it is being considered will concern Tory backbenchers.

Not enough to actusally do anything, I expect. They proved supine enough on everything else, they aren't going to rebel over this.

They are already angry at being asked to renew the emergency Covid powers that allow ministers to impose restrictions.

Yoda says 'Angry they maybe, but ineffectual they also are, mmmm...' 

How Are You Enjoying Reaping That Whirlwind, Universities..?

An academic who was sacked after calling a Right-wing commentator a 'house n***o' is suing the university which cut ties with her for...

Breach of contract? Unfair dismissal?

...discrimination against her belief in critical race theory and black radicalism.

Hahahahahaha! 

The case could see black radicalism - an academic movement which argues race is a social construct used to oppress minorities - made into a protected belief system, like religious belief.

Well, they can't say they never saw this coming, can they?  

Ms Khanom is being supported by Professor Kehinde Andrews, who branded Churchill a 'white supremacist', arguing the term 'house n***o' is not a 'racial slur' but a 'concept that come out (sic) of struggles for racial justice'.

Is there some grift involved, because there usually is? 

On an online fundraising page created to raise £5,000 to cover her legal costs, Ms Khanom claimed she was the victim of a 'network of alt-Right activists'.

Ah. There it is! 

She wrote: 'LBU's conduct towards me suggests that academics should be looking over their shoulder before they make statements about Israel and Palestine, or about critical race theory. That is why this case and LBU's role in it is not just about me and my reputation as an anti-racist.

'Fundamentally, this is an important issue of freedom of speech.'

Oh, you're not wrong there. But not the way you think.... 

Ms Khanom said the tweets were not sent by her, adding: 'No academic should find their contract terminated so publicly in the absence of a fair and thorough investigation.'

I don't recall you being so supportive of Maya Forstater or Dr Binoy Sobnack or Bo Winegard...maybe I missed the press releases? 

Don't Try And Tell Me 'It's Not The Parent's Fault!'...

...especially in this particular case:

Nicola Leighton, 36, allegedly drove her son, Tyreese Ulysses, 19, and three other youths to the scene of the killing, a court heard.

Armed with machetes, the four teenagers allegedly stabbed 17-year-old Levi Ernest-Morrison to death.

The killing, in Hazel Grove, Syndenham, on April 10 is said to have been a “pre-planned” attack.

Mommie dearest as your getaway driver. That's pretty gangster, isn't it? 

Leighton, of Sydenham, Ulysses, of nearby Catford, and three youths, aged 14, 15, and 17, have been charged with Levi’s murder.

Usually with these street killings, the cry goes up 'What hope have the parents got..?' 

Imran Mirza, whose 19-year-old son Mohammed was fatally stabbed in Ilford in 2019, said: “Nothing has changed since my son died and if anything things are worse. These boys are becoming desensitised to violence. In the schools they need to teach them some humanity at an early age… The kids are living in fear, more action is need at all levels.”

If you're relying on schools to teach the basics of being human, rather than reading, writing and sums, you failed as a parent from the moment of conception. 

If It's Good Enough For British Taxpayers...

The Refugee Council has supported more than 400 asylum seekers in hotels and the report was based on their testimony.

Enver Solomon, chief executive of the council, said: “People who have fled war and persecution often arrive in the UK with just the clothes on their back, in urgent need of healthcare, nutritious food and other essentials such as toiletries.”

The charity says the food provided in many of the hotels is “a major cause of concern”. Food often arrives in small portions, with limited options available, the report says. The quality varies widely across sites, with some hotels providing little or no fruit.

...it's more than good enough for 'refugees', Enver.

A Home Office spokesperson said: “Asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute are provided with accommodation, a choice of three meals a day in line with NHS nutrition guidelines, as well as access to fresh fruit and drinking water, and we work closely with our providers and local charities to provide other basics.”

Particularly 'refugees' who are fleeing....err, Calais. 

No, 'We' Don't, Actually...

...because the vast majority of people are well aware of the dangers inherent in deep water.

Emergency services were called to the scene, at Goit Stock waterfall, Cullingworth, on Tuesday night following reports of someone in the water.

“Emergency services attended, including fire service, ambulance and underwater rescue teams, and recovered a body from the water," said a West Yorkshire Police spokesperson.

“There are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances and a file has been prepared for the coroner.”

Happens every spell of warm weather. But SOMETHING MUST BE DONE! 

Councillor Naveed Riaz, of the Bingley Rural ward, gave his condolences to the boy’s friends and family, calling the incident a “tragedy”.

Cllr Riaz added that people should take “extra precaution” when visiting areas like Goit Stock, and said that people must learn from the incident.

Learn what, exactly? 

“Last year, there were a number of deaths, across the UK, from drowning.

“I think we all need to learn from this, we should take extra precaution and we all need to think sensibly.”

I don't. Do you, Reader? 

“We have to ensure that we act responsibly. At our next meeting, after the elections, we are hoping to campaign for more signs in the area, and we will see if we can work with the landlord, in the hope that we can implement some more safety measures at Goit Stock, which will hopefully stop things like this from happening.”

Well, there's the triumph of hope over expectation, because they haven't managed it yet... 

Councillor Paul Sullivan, also of the Bingley Rural ward, added that the teenager’s death represents a “tragic loss”.

He echoed some of the same concerns raised by Cllr Riaz, arguing that more safety measures need to be put in place in the area.

Unless you post a lifeguard every 50 feet along every water source in the country, these incidents will continue to happen. It's less a 'tragic loss' than a culling of the unfit. 

"But..But We're The Special People!"

New visa rules for British artists, actors and theatre workers who want to work in Europe after Brexit are a “towering hurdle” that must be urgently addressed, according to an open letter signed by stars including Sir Ian McKellen, Julie Walters and Patrick Stewart.

Oh dear, the luvvies are upset! 

The letter states that creative practitioners are desperate to work in Europe once pandemic restrictions lift but “the current Brexit deal is a towering hurdle to that”.

“Before, we were able to travel to Europe visa-free. Now we have to pay hundreds of pounds, fill in form after form, and spend weeks waiting for approval – just so we can do our jobs,” it says.

Yes, just like other people wanting a job abroad. But your average plumber and IT technician doesn't have an agent. Why not get them to do it? 

Equity’s general secretary, Paul Fleming, said art and entertainment are worth more to our economy than banking but “government intransigence” threatens a “cornerstone of our international soft power” and a key export.

Maybe it's because they don't agree that you're worth it? Just a thought... 

“More than that, the language of art and entertainment knows no boundaries; freedom of movement for our members as artists and working people is achievable, desirable and essential,” he added.

Yes, OK, we'll get right on that... 

A UK Government Spokesperson said: “We want our cultural and creative professionals to be able to work easily across Europe, in the same way EU creatives are able to work flexibly in the UK. Though the EU rejected proposals that would have allowed this, we hope Member States will act on these calls by changing the rules they apply to UK creatives. We’re working urgently with our cultural sectors to resolve any new barriers they face, so that touring can resume as soon as it is safe to do so.”

Translation: "It's the EU's doing. Go yell at them." 

Stop Pandering To These People!

Key witnesses at the Grenfell Tower public inquiry must not be allowed to give evidence “from their sofas”, survivors of the disaster have warned as hearings restart remotely over Zoom next week after a two-month Covid suspension.

Wait, I thought just a while ago you were whining about delays? Now it's going forward you're still unhappy?

Grenfell United said fully remote hearings meant traumatised members of the community would miss out on the catharsis of seeing figures with responsibility before the fire being held accountable in person.

Oh, FFS! This isn't the purpose of an inquest, and nor should it be... 

The inquiry last month decided to restart with fully remote hearings, although it has previously admitted video conferencing means witnesses “might relax and not feel the same pressure to be candid” or could be surreptitiously coached via text or email. 

If 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?' can crack this, I'm pretty sure the justice system can too!

The inquiry will ask witnesses to swear that they are alone in the room before they give evidence, but a spokesperson admitted there was an element of trust that witnesses would not use other devices.

Oh. Clearly not!  

Daffarn said: “So many of us have been waiting for so long for these people to be held to account in public. In my mind I have seen it playing out a thousand times. I have seen the courtroom, I have seen the witnesses I want to see struggling under the pressure they will be put under with the answers they cannot give … We need to get these people into the sunlight so we can feel cleaned by it as well.”

What you want isn't an inquest, or even justice. Sound a lot like revenge.  

Why Are We Pandering To Idiots?

As coronavirus continues to grip the nation, the vaccine rollout continues in order to protect the most vulnerable in society.

Yet scepticism about it and its effectiveness has persisted, with some fearing possible side-effects of getting the jab.

'Some'..? Well, maybe. It has been an extraordinary quick response to a pandemic. It's not a surprise some are sceptical.  

Levels of this scepticism are highest among the Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, according to a Royal Society for Public Health survey which found that BAME groups were less likely to want to get the Covid vaccine.

Ah. We are in the realms of identity politics here, I see,  

Dean Henry was born and bred in Gloucester, and has lived in the Barnwood area for 33 years.

His parents are both Jamaican and moved to Gloucester before he was born. He said that a major reason for the doubt amongst his community is the lack of trust in its safety, and fears over side effects.

Fair enough. I'm sure there are plenty of people in other demographics with the same concerns.  

"Most of the stuff we hear in the news is that we're okay to take it, but that it hasn't been tested over a long period of time.

"So we want to know whether there's any specific testing among our community."

Let's ask the experts! 

Dr Mala Ubhi, from NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group, said: “The vaccines approved for use in the UK have met strict standards of safety, quality and effectiveness set out by the independent Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

"The MHRA follows international standards of safety; any coronavirus vaccine that is approved must go through all the clinical trials and safety checks all other licensed medicines go through.

"The Pfizer and Oxford/AstraZeneca trials involved participants from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities.”

There. Happy now? 

He added that the lack of BAME representation in the media can also lead to mistrust of the news: "The people who work at news agencies may not look like me, so they may not have those kind of questions in their mind." 

Wait, what..? Who was that medical representative, again?  

Dr Mala Ubhi, from NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group...

Hmmm. Maybe it's me, but if you won't believe him, why on earth should journalists who 'look like you' make any difference? 

The Nanny State Will Follow You Home...

There has been a steep rise in global online alcohol orders, which increased 40% to $17bn in 2020 and are projected to reach $40bn by 2024, according to the alcohol market research firm IWSR.

Diageo, whose brands including Guinness and Smirnoff vodka, reported a surge in online alcohol ordering when it released financial results on Thursday. Orders doubled in the UK and trebled in the US.

I'm sure there's a reason for that...something beginning with 'c', perhaps? 

Overall alcohol sales have fallen due to the enforced closure of pubs, bars and restaurants, but sales at supermarkets and online have soared.

Bingo! But...if overall sales have fallen, so what? 

Twelve of the world’s largest drinks brands will unveil the plans on Thursday, drawn up in partnership with UK retailers such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda, as well as the delivery specialist Uber Eats.

Under the agreement, staff who deliver food and drinks to the door will be trained in how to spot signs of intoxication and check ID if they suspect someone is underage.

They will be asked to refuse to deliver alcohol if need be, just as pub landlords are supposed to do if customers have had too much.

Which is fine for pubs and restaurants - their gaff, their rules, as Longrider is often wont to say.

But this isn't 'their gaff', is it? It's mine. And yours. Did you think you made the rules there?

The companies will train staff on how to prevent trouble and de-escalate conflict when customers take exception to being denied service.

No, call it what it is - being denied the thing you've paid to have delivered because some spotty youth or barely-verbal third worlder smells booze on your breath or you're stuck in the loo and you've asked your 14 year old to answer the door. 

All to satisfy...well, who, exactly? 

The tougher controls on online drinks ordering are being coordinated by the International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (IARD)...

Aha! These folks. 

Who - in addition to poking their nose into what you get up to in the privacy of your own home - have...other goals. And they aren't shy about them:

In addition, IARD members are determined to positively impact a broad range of Sustainable Development Goals, including improving environmental sustainability, contributing to economic growth, driving social responsibility and working with local communities.

Alcohol sales are just the start of this organisation's ambitions. 

Why Are You Blaming One Man..?

My dad, Cliff Anderson, 88, was twice misdiagnosed and sent home from hospital a week before he died with Covid.

On the first occasion he was diagnosed with hypoglycaemia. He was diabetic, but religious in taking his medication, so I thought that was rubbish.

On the second, his notes said he had a chest infection, an unexplained dry cough and shortness of breath. I thought it could be Covid, but the tests were negative.

On the third occasion he had collapsed with an enormous Covid-induced stroke. The ambulance took four and a half hours to arrive at his home in Higher Shotton, north Wales.

And that was the last I saw of my dad. The consultant rang to say: “Your father has had a significant left lobe stroke and he’s Covid positive, and has Covid pneumonia.” And I just thought: “I’ve known this for a week. A week!” He had typical symptoms for the elderly.

He'd been shielding but they think an asymptomatic carer brought the virus into the house. It's a shocking indictment of the NHS and their... 

Oh.

Today, I am just so angry at Boris saying he couldn’t have done any more.

Now, I think Boris is a buffoon whose lockdowns are going to eventually kill more people than covid, but unless he was moonlighting as a carer, I fail to see how he's somehow personally responsible for your father's death. 

It seems to me that there's a lot more people to blame. And they all work in the 'caring' NHS. The one that idiots clap like seals. 

He hadn’t closed the borders. Only now, almost a year on, he’s talking of closing them. There was no PPE for carers or doctors, exposing frontline staff to enormous viral load like cannon fodder. There was no testing until it was way way too late. There was “eat out to help out”. There was changing the rules constantly. There was backing that amateur, Dominic Cummings. I see Johnson’s father has had two vaccines. My dad never even got his letter. He still hasn’t.

You live in Wales, where your government has slapped draconian restrictions on people buying children's books and clothes, and had their police stopping people at the border. Yet the virus got through anyway. Brought in by the failing NHS and caring staff.

Not by Rishi. Not by Dominic. 

My father’s death was avoidable. We’d kept him safe for a year. He wasn’t a bloody number.

He was to the NHS though... 

Infantilising The Population, One Scouser At A Time...

Liverpool is set to become the first city in the country to officially back a call for the 'right to food' to be enshrined in law. 

And if this succeeds, what next? A 'right' to clothes, heating, transportation, accommodation, the latest technology..?

The government is coming under increasing pressure over the issue of food poverty, with footballer and campaigner Marcus Rashford forcing changes in policy after highlighting the struggles many families are going through.

Like poor Sharon, who hasn't eaten for at least 40 minutes! 

Mr Byrne will seek the support of Liverpool Council for the campaign with a motion at Wednesday's meeting.

He said: "We need a change in the law to ensure people do not go hungry any longer and to hold the Government to account on their failings.

"Given how many of our own citizens will benefit from the change in the law we want to achieve, it is entirely fitting that Liverpool becomes the first ‘Right To Food’ city.”

Oh, you're right! It is entirely fitting, though not, I suspect, for the same reasons you seem to believe... 

Dave Kelly, Chair of Fans Supporting Foodbanks which is driving the ‘Right To Food’ campaign, believes that establishing a legal Right To Food will be life-changing for millions of people.

He said: “Make no mistake, if we can legislate to make access to food a legal right in the UK, it would mean an end to many of the situations that force people into food poverty at present and make Government legally responsible for ensuring its citizens do not go hungry.”

What next, making government legally responsible for ensuring everyone wears a nice warm scarf when it's chilly out?  

It's A Mystery, Isn't It?

Today, RoadsideMum described her dismay at opening the free school meal package. She told the BBC: 'As I unpacked that food parcel in my living room and looked at the contents, it felt very sad and very depressing, and one of my children came in and saw me laying this out on the floor and asked why.

'I said I was going to picture it because I didn't think it looked like a lot and I could see the child's realisation that this is what I've been given to eat for a week and just the sense of sadness. 'Where has the rest of the food gone? You know, this is meant to be a week's food. Why is it so mean?'

Almost as big a mystery as why you originally told all your followers it was meant to last ten days...

One Twitter account belonging to a mother called Sarah - RoadsideMum on Twitter - who originally said a sparse package from suppliers Chartwells was supposed to be worth £30 and last ten days.

In an interview this morning, she accepted the groceries had only been intended to last her child seven days...

So, some people don't seem to be learning the lesson that if the government provides a service, it's going to cost more than if you - yourself - provided it. Which you'd think would be like gravity, one of those undeniable laws of nature, or something, but clearly not. 

Let a teacher try to explain: 

'Well all we're given extra is an extra £3.50 a week which was announced yesterday. So obviously the money we normally get for free school meals we have a lot of overheads so it's £2.30 a meal but I only have about £1 to spend on food because we have obviously all the wages and the electricity and the water and everything.

So our food parcels really we only have about £5 a week to spend on food then we got the extra £3.50 yesterday and so it's significantly less than £15 given out to families in vouchers. '

So why, you may ask, do they not simply give these parents more money? And cut out the middleman? 

Well, I give you Exhibit A: 

 The prosecution rests. 

Derek Bentley Reversed...

Louis Barrett was yesterday jailed for 20 months after admitting racist harassment, and a racist common assault.

But Bradley Garrett, who smashed the bottle in Yehsung Kim’s face, breaking his teeth, was spared an immediate jail sentence. Instead he was given a two year sentence, suspended for two years.

Wait, what...?

Judge Stephen Mooney said he took into account the fact that Garrett was just 15 at the time of the attack, and blamed Barrett for sparking the incident.

/facepalm

“Mr Garrett you were 15 at the time. You were swept along by the language of your co-accused and lashed out with a bottle causing most unpleasant injuries.

“You find yourself in what some may regard a fortunate position today.

“Be under no illusion, if I see you again, for breach of your suspended sentence or new offences you will be going directly to prison.”

People claim justice wasn't done in 1952. I wonder if the victim feels that 2019 is any better...?