A young boy is still being treated for the affects of a horrendous attack a year after the incident occurred in Southport.
The boy, along with his friend, suffered injuries needing hospital treatment after a security guard attacked them during the weekend of the 2023 Southport Comedy Festival.
Their attacker, Lee Wilkinson, 39, was working as a security guard at the festival when he received a report that offenders on bicycles had stolen property from one of the marquees.
A Liverpool Crown Court judge said the boys were the subject of a “finger of suspicion” even though there was no evidence of wrongdoing.
The pair were chased down and accosted on nearby Rotten Row. Prosecutors said in court that Wilkinson demanded their bags, but before they had a chance to respond, he grabbed them both “around their necks and threw them into her metal gate, causing their heads to smack into the gate.”
The Liverpool Echo reported the prosecution as stating, “He began hitting them and tried to pull the bag off one of them; it was around his neck and began to choke him. The bag then broke; he took the bag and continued to assault both boys before getting back in the car and driving away.”
The frightened victims called their mums and were taken to A&E. One boy remains under the care of Alder Hey teams for the effects of his injuries at the time.
Wilkinson pleaded guilty to two counts of assault by beating. Judge Menary imposed a two-year community order and ordered him to carry out 15 days of rehabilitation activities and 100 hours of unpaid work. He also ordered him to pay each boy £500 in compensation.
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