Jail for boy who attacked man with water bottle, stole his car

Jail for boy who attacked man with water bottle, stole his car

by | Aug 24, 2020 | Cops | 0 comments

A 13-year-old boy who used a water bottle to attack a man before stealing his car and immediately crashing it because he did not know how to drive, has been jailed for a year.

The boy, now 14, was already on a good behaviour bond when he committed the attack on December 18 last year in Darwin city.

The NT Supreme Court heard the victim had been attending an English lesson at International House on Searcy Street and was heading towards his Toyota Yaris at around 9.30pm when the boy approached him.

He asked the victim for a drink of water and after the water bottle was handed over, the boy threw it at the victim’s head.

The bottle struck the victim in the neck and caused him to fall over, where the boy punched and kicked him in the face multiple times.

After grabbing the victim’s car keys, the boy attempted to drive away in the Yaris, but crashed it immediately as he did not know how to drive.

The vehicle took off in an “uncontrolled manner” and ploughed into a power distribution box, writing off the car and causing a blackout in the area.

After crashing the vehicle, the boy ran off down Smith Street.

The court heard the victim’s lip was cut, which required four stitches, and he also had swelling and bruising to his face and neck as a result of the attack.

Justice Judith Kelly said the boy was already on a good behaviour bond at the time of the incident for previous offences including aggravated robbery, stealing and assault.

“You do not show remorse for the hurt that you have caused your victim,” she told the boy.

“You told the corrections officer that he (the victim) was dumb for giving you his water bottle when you asked for it, and that it was his own fault that you punched him and hurt him.

“Certainly, you do not give any sign of being particularly sorry for him.”

She said the boy’s prospects for rehabilitation were poor given his previous offending and had no choice but to sentence him to time behind bars.

Justice Kelly sentenced the boy to a non-parole period of one year in a youth detention centre.

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