Facebook taunt of a freed thug
A TEENAGE thug who battered a hero pensioner with a fence post was spared jail – and then boasted about it on Facebook.
Luke Mansell, 18, left Arthur Ball, 78, on crutches after the Korean War veteran tried to stop the thug robbing his neighbour’s home in January.
But Telford Magistrates Court heard Mansell was “scared to his wits end” about going to jail.
Mansell then bragged on Facebook how he had smoked a joint before court, adding: “Im off tag woooo hip hip array [sic] and 12 month suspended sentence and supervision order 12 months.”
He also added: “To all the haters and wanted me to go prison didnt work haaaaaaaaha mugginz”.
Im off tag woooo hip hip array [sic] and 12 month suspended sentence and supervision order 12 month
Mansell, of Telford, Shropshire, admitted causing actual bodily harm and burglary. He was given a 16-week suspended sentence, a 12-month supervision order and told to pay £250 compensation.
His mother Stephanie Frank said he had done “nothing wrong”. Mr Ball was left housebound and unable to drive. A family friend said: “It’s a joke.”