Widnes thugs who left student blind in one eye are jailed
Two teenage thugs stabbed a student in the face and left him blind in one eye during a savage revenge attack for a playground feud.
Jamie Grimes, 17, Â and Michael Jones, 18, hunted down their teenage victim at his college and brutally assaulted him in front of his classmates and teacher.
Grimes repeatedly punched the 17-year-old in the face before Jones stabbed him with a pair 12 inch scissors.
Jamie Grimes (left), 17, and Michael Jones (right), 18, hunted down their teenage victim at his college and brutally assaulted him in front of his classmates and teacher
The boy lost the sight in his left eye and may need to have it removed as a result of the attack at Riverside College in Widnes, Cheshire.
The pair, both from Widnes, admitted attacking their victim at Liverpool Crown Court.
Grimes was locked up for five years and Jones for nine with an extended three years on licence.
The court heard the yobs were joined by Lewis Connor, 18, who encouraged them and 'contributed to the pack mentality'.
Anthony O'Donohoe, prosecuting, said: 'The background was sadly relatively trivial.
'In November of last year, Grimes and the victim were involved i n an off-site scuffle during college hours.
'Both were disciplined by the college and temporarily suspended.'
He said teachers and parents intervened, but 'ill feeling continued' as a result of 'the way each was looking at the other'.
The court heard the yobs were joined by Lewis Connor, 18, who encouraged them and 'contributed to the pack mentality'
Mr O'Donohoe said there were 'verbal altercations' between the pair that morning, before the attack at around 1.45pm.
John Hatton, head of maths at the college, saw the group prowling the corridors and overheard one of them say: 'Look in every room lad.'
Maths teacher Kenneth Wong heard a loud bang as Grimes and Jones burst into his lesson, with someone shouting: 'That's him.'
Mr O'Donohoe said: 'Grimes has admitted punching the victim with as much force as he could muster.
'Jones joined in with devastating consequences. He took in a pair of decorating type scissors, black and silver, 10-12 inches in length.
'Mr Wong saw Jones using a stabbing motion towards the victim two to three times.'
A chair was thrown at the victim by one of the gang, while stunned staff and other pupils watched on in horror.
CCTV footage showed a teen with the gang seemingly filming the attack on his mobile phone, but no recording was recovered.
The boy suffered the eye wound, a fractured eye socket plus a wound above his eyebrow and has since undergone four operations.
Jones admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent and having an offensive weapon.
His previous convictions include battery, assault causing actual bodily harm and two counts of having an offensive weapon - one a knife.
Keith Sutton, defending Jones, said the ex-cannabis user had ADHD and 'a lack of maturity'.
Grimes admitted causing grievo us bodily harm with intent, on the basis he did not know Jones had the weapon.
Ben Knight, defending, said 'remorseful' Grimes only became aware the victim had been stabbed at the police station and was 'genuinely shaken'.
He said: 'He stopped, as he put it, when he saw blood. He assumed the blood was from the punches that he had thrown.'
Pictured: Thugs Grimes and Jones were jailed for five and nine years respectively at Liverpool Crown CourtÂ
The court heard Grimes said: 'Nobody should have their life changed as a result of an incident at school.'
Connor, from Widnes, who like Grimes has no previous convictions, admitted causing fear of violence.
Stephen Swift, defending, said Connor did not go beyond the classroom door and had been on a home curfew for six months.
Judge Neil Flewitt, QC, said the victim suffered 'appalling' injuries for which there was no excuse, whatever took place beforehand.
The judge said: 'He feels that he will never be the same person again and has effectively lost his future prospects.
'He has had to give up his college course, lost his friends, is consciou s of his appearance and is fearful whether he will ever work.
'Those sentiments are shared by his mother, who feels that his whole life has been destroyed.'
Judge Flewitt said there was a 'significant degree of premeditation' from Jones 'both in hunting down your victim and carrying with you the scissors'.
He said: 'I'm disappointed to read in the pre-sentence report that you have no remorse for your actions, the implication being that the victim got what he deserved.'
The judge said Grimes was the 'ringleader', adding: 'This was your fight.
'You whipped up that group to look for the victim.
'Though you may not have known that Jones had the scissors, you set loose the mayhem that followed.'
Judge Flewitt handed Connor a 12-month community order, with 80 ho urs of unpaid work and a rehabilitation activity requirement.
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