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Ryan Walker, 19, was jailed after stabbing a
girl in the face and smashing another's head against a fence because
they called him Harry Potter
A bullied teenager has been
jailed after stabbing a girl in the face and smashing another’s head
against a fence - because they called him Harry Potter.
Ryan
Walker, 19, wears glasses and has short dark hair, just like actor
Daniel Radcliffe who plays the young wizard in the hit film series.
A
court heard how after two girls called Walker Harry Potter, he snapped,
stabbing one of them in the face so hard that the blade of his
vegetable knife broke.
Walker then pushed the other girl's head into a nearby fence and shouted: ‘Die, die’.
He
claimed he launched the ferocious attacks in Southampton, Hampshire,
after being goaded repeatedly by the girls who called him Potter.
Southampton Crown Court heard how Walker
returned to his family flat after shopping for his mother and he had to
pass 15-year-old Emma Keeble and 16-year-old Leah Pearce sitting on the stairs.
One of the girls touched his shopping bag before verbally abusing him and telling him he resembled Harry Potter.
Outraged
Walker saw red, rushed to his flat before coming back downstairs with a
milk bottle full of water and threw it over the girls.
He
then went back into the flat and re-emerged with a vegetable knife
before walking to a local park - knowing the girls would follow him.
Walker then lost his temper, stabbing Leah in the face, who then started bleeding profusely.
He
then turned his anger towards Emma, flooring her with a series of
punches and kicks, before smashing her head against a fence.
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Victim: Walker pleaded guilty to wounding with
intent, attempting wounding with intent and possessing a bladed article
after the attack on Emma (pictured) and Leah
After his arrest he made a full confession, describing his actions as ‘monstrous’.
He pleaded guilty to wounding with intent, attempting wounding with intent and possessing a bladed article.
Keely Harvey, defending, told the court he was bullied at school and seen as a ‘wimp’.
She
said: 'He finally lost it. He flipped and attacked them in this most
horrific way, not justifiable, but I hope they can now see where it came
from.'
Passing sentence,
Judge Peter Ralls QC, said the girls may have been rude, but there was
no justification for what Walker did to them.
'It was deliberate and planned,' he
said. 'It was a sustained attack in which you used the knife as a weapon
and your foot as a weapon.'
Walker was sentenced to a jail term of four and a half years.
After the hearing, Leah’s mum Claire Pearce, said: 'The injury has left a scar on Leah’s face that will be there for years.
'I don’t think the sentence was enough for what he did. He admitted he flipped and it was the final straw.
'I think he is a dangerous man given he flipped like that and attacked the girls.
'I feel sorry for the next person that calls him a name.'
dailymail.co.uk
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