Teen sentenced for stabbing 17 year old boy in the neck – Newcastle

A teenager has been sentenced after he was found guilty of stabbing a 17 year old boy in a chance encounter at a Metro station.

 

Following a British Transport Police investigation, the 17 year old, who cannot be named due to his age, was found guilty of grievous bodily harm on Thursday 18 July following a four day trial at Newcastle Crown Court.

 

He was sentenced to serve two years and three months in a Young Offenders Institute at the same court on Wednesday 11 September.

 

The court heard how, on Monday 11 March 2024, the teen approached his victim at Brockley Whins Metro station with a knife.

He swung the blade towards the victim’s head and neck area causing two lacerations to his neck.

Only when the victim saw he was covered in blood and bleeding profusely did he realise he had been stabbed.

The victim’s mother was called and she used a towel to stem the blood coming from a large laceration to his neck, millimetres from a main artery.

 

The teen was identified from station CCTV and was later found by officers hiding in his mother’s attic.

 

Investigating officer DC Colin Dore said: “It is by sheer good fortune and the expertise of medics that the victim did not die from the injuries he sustained in this brutal attack.

“Carrying a blade in public can only result in one of two outcomes – injury or death. There is no good reason to be in possession of a deadly weapon.

“Knife crime is a blight on our society and violence on the railway will not be tolerated. Anyone involved will be brought to justice."