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6 Look at the headline from a crime report in a Canadian newspaper.
· What sort of crime do you think is being reported in this article?
· Who do you think described youth’s behaviour as ‘stupid, dangerous and
outrageous’?
Youth’s behaviour with pellet pistol ‘stupid,
dangerous and outrageous’
Shooting a pellet gun at an 11-year-old boy on a bike is a “stupid, dangerous and
outrageous way to behave,” Judge Anthony Palmer scolded a Colwood-area
teenager in Western Communities Courthouse April 29. “I don’t know if you’ve
seen too many movies or not,” he continued, “but anything involving a handgun is
completely reprehensible.”
The 17-year-old boy was ordered to serve a six-month period of probation, 25
hours of community work and to apologize in person to his victim. He was also
ordered not to possess weapons, ammunition or explosives for five years.
Crown counsel Bruce Filan told the court the young cyclist was riding on
Atkins Road Dec. 22, 2001, and noticed three young males sitting in a car. As he
passed, he said “hi” to the group and continued on his way. Then he heard a loud
“ping” coming from the direction of the vehicle, turned around and saw one of the
boys aiming a gun in his direction and heard two more “pings”. Filan described the
boy as “very frightened,” especially when the car started up and drove towards
him. Not very far from home, he raced to tell his father what had happened. The
father then pursued the teenagers in his car, forcing them to stop and answer
questions.
According to Filan, police later determined the accused teenager was the only
one with a weapon – an air pistol that still had pellets in its chamber when
recovered by police at the boy’s residence.
The young victim was very upset by the ordeal and is receiving counseling,
Fillan added.
Defence counsel Dianne McDonald said her client was not aiming the pistol at
the younger boy and had no intention of harming him. Only two shots were fired,
she insisted. When her client realized his actions had scared the boy, he tried to
apologize but was told not to contact the victim, she added.
She also explained the teenagers were not really chasing the boy in the car,
but when the driver realized the boy was scared, he tried to follow to explain no
one was aiming at him.
McDonald reported her client has been doing well since the incident and he
hopes to return to school in the fall. For now, he is enrolled in correspondence
class and is seeking employment, McDonald told the court.
The Cambridge CAE course
(Mary Spratt and Lynda B. Taylor)
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