A judge has warned a teenage girl he will come down on her “like a tonne of bricks” if she appears before him again.
Judge Lambert made the remarks as he sentenced the 15-year-old in Bristol Crown Court today (May 10) following her earlier conviction for witness intimidation.
Due to the girl’s age, her name and person details cannot lawfully be published.
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Addressing the girl and referring to her crime, Judge Lambert said: “I was appalled when I heard of the threats you were making to that other young woman and take them very seriously indeed and it’s not just her that you assaulted - it was the justice system that was under assault.”
Mitigating, Virginia Cornwall said the girl was no longer spending time with the older teenagers whose anti-social behaviour she had been copying.
The girl was co-operating well with her mother, according to Ms Cornwall, and respected the rules laid down for her.
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Mr Cornwall said: “She’s not going out at night. She’s staying at home and these are restrictions that she respects and to an extent they are restrictions that are self-imposed.”
School attendance remained a problem, however, said Ms Cornwall, but efforts were being made to boost her minimum two hours of schooling per week.
Judge Lambert decided to spare the girl jail time - the maximum sentence would have been five years - and instead imposed a youth rehabilitation order lasting two years.
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The order included a two-year-long supervision requirement, a total of 20 days’ activity requirement, a curfew from 8pm-6am, and a ban on contacting a particular person.
The offence was committed in Weston-super-Mare between October 31, 2017, and May 15 last year.
