Darwen man headbutted and kicked boy, 14, who threw snowball (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Why did they throw the snowball? To get chased and get away? Tough they got caught. I wouldn't have kicked them or headbutted but a huge verbal and if any movement from them a slap or punch in self defence would certainly have happened.
Some idiot threw one at my car but when I got out to confront a group of drunks were with him - adults throwing snow balls at cars on icey roads - pathetic.

Fair enough.
Serves the kid right

campbell69s wrote:
Fair enough. Serves the kid right

WTF?!?

A snowball thrown at a house - and the report doesn't say it was deliberate, they could have been having a snowball fight with each other - does not warrent violence of this level. What kind of monster repeatedly kicks a boy when he's already down?

No wonder kids in this area are the way they are when violence from a "devoted family man" is condoned in a public forum.

I live in the same area & had to endure snow balls being thrown by 3 lads for an hour. The last time I confronted young idiot kids hanging around; my car had a mysterious scratch the following day! These kids do what they want, their parents don’t care, the police don’t care and if you confront them in anyway you will either get reprimanded or attacked. This is the basis of everything wrong with this country – yob rules, no respect & no discipline.

GP wrote:

campbell69s wrote: Fair enough. Serves the kid right

WTF?!? A snowball thrown at a house - and the report doesn't say it was deliberate, they could have been having a snowball fight with each other - does not warrent violence of this level. What kind of monster repeatedly kicks a boy when he's already down? No wonder kids in this area are the way they are when violence from a "devoted family man" is condoned in a public forum.

Only an idiot or Naive person would think they threw a snowball (rolled it up e.t.c.) at a house by accident. It was a total accident that they did not smash a window.

GP wrote:

campbell69s wrote: Fair enough. Serves the kid right

WTF?!? A snowball thrown at a house - and the report doesn't say it was deliberate, they could have been having a snowball fight with each other - does not warrent violence of this level. What kind of monster repeatedly kicks a boy when he's already down? No wonder kids in this area are the way they are when violence from a "devoted family man" is condoned in a public forum.

How cam you accidentally throw a snowball at a house or person? That is a rather thick analogy.

This just goes to show that people have had enough of this type of anti social behaviour displayed by youths in our community. The snowball was probably the icing on the cake. You can only take so much of this kind of behaviour.

Good on him for standing up to them. Bad luck that he was the one prosecuted and I am very dissapointed not to read that none of the youths had any action taken against them for instigating this entire situation.

CapitaBackHander wrote:

GP wrote:

campbell69s wrote: Fair enough. Serves the kid right

WTF?!? A snowball thrown at a house - and the report doesn't say it was deliberate, they could have been having a snowball fight with each other - does not warrent violence of this level. What kind of monster repeatedly kicks a boy when he's already down? No wonder kids in this area are the way they are when violence from a "devoted family man" is condoned in a public forum.

Only an idiot or Naive person would think they threw a snowball (rolled it up e.t.c.) at a house by accident. It was a total accident that they did not smash a window.

Oh dear Mr CapitaBackHander, you're obviously the naive one. During the spell of snowy weather my house was regularly hit by snowballs accidentally. They weren't thrown accidentally - but it was an accident they hit my house. Also I had many hit my house deliberately, but I didn't feel the need to get in my car, chase the children, heatbut them and kick them when they're down. Only a violent monster would act like that.

Mr Wall committed a deliberate act of violence and if he's a family man what sort of example he he setting to his children? - that it's alright to use extreme premeditated violence against someone much younger than yourself?

Its no wonder that many young people have no respect when people like Mr Wall obviouly have no respect and resort to violence so quickly.

Viv wrote:

CapitaBackHander wrote:

GP wrote:

campbell69s wrote: Fair enough. Serves the kid right

WTF?!? A snowball thrown at a house - and the report doesn't say it was deliberate, they could have been having a snowball fight with each other - does not warrent violence of this level. What kind of monster repeatedly kicks a boy when he's already down? No wonder kids in this area are the way they are when violence from a "devoted family man" is condoned in a public forum.

Only an idiot or Naive person would think they threw a snowball (rolled it up e.t.c.) at a house by accident. It was a total accident that they did not smash a window.

Oh dear Mr CapitaBackHander, you're obviously the naive one. During the spell of snowy weather my house was regularly hit by snowballs accidentally. They weren't thrown accidentally - but it was an accident they hit my house. Also I had many hit my house deliberately, but I didn't feel the need to get in my car, chase the children, heatbut them and kick them when they're down. Only a violent monster would act like that. Mr Wall committed a deliberate act of violence and if he's a family man what sort of example he he setting to his children? - that it's alright to use extreme premeditated violence against someone much younger than yourself? Its no wonder that many young people have no respect when people like Mr Wall obviouly have no respect and resort to violence so quickly.

If I had children who did this would be smacked and grounded for several weeks and made to do household chores as punishment for doing this sort of thing-I don't (and I wouldn't)expect my kids to do anything untowards to other people as in this case. Anyone who condones and lets kids do things like this without considering the consequences of those children's actions on other people are in fact inadequate feeble couldn't-care-less chav imbecile parents who couldn't care what their kids get up to and can't stand having them or themselves challenged by authority or others when they do wrong. In my day in the 70's and 80's as a child you were smacked and severely punished for doing things like this;nowadays too many parents absolve those responsibilities and let their kids do whatever the hell they please without any sort of control or punishments for doing so. Well done to that man for standing up to these little sods!

campbell69s wrote:
Fair enough. Serves the kid right

I could not agree more campbell69s.
Its typical of a troublemaking kid to do this and when caught out goes squealing to the police.

When he has spent all the compensation on x-box games or whatever,i bet you that some other sucker will get stung next winter when he does his snowballing at folks houses again...
No justice here and i feel sorry for the guy who got took to court.