A 13-year-old boy has been arrested by Police following a serious assault on a 70-year-old man in Ryde last night (Tuesday).
Police were called to Ryde Bus Station by the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service at 23:15 after a member of the public was found with facial injuries and bleeding profusely.
The victim was taken to St Mary’s Hospital to be treated for a cut to his mouth and other facial injuries. He is said to now be recovering.
A cordon was established around the bloody scene and officers remained in attendance for around 3 hours. The area remains sealed off this morning (Wednesday) with a significant amount of blood still present on the pavement.
As part of the Police’s enquiries into the incident, a 13-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
A spokesperson for Hampshire Constabulary has told Island Echo:
“We were called at 11:15pm on Tuesday 11 August by our colleagues from the ambulance service to a report that a 70 year-old man had been assaulted at Ryde bus station.
Article continues below this advertisement “He was treated at hospital for a cut to his mouth and other facial injuries and is now recovering.
“Enquiries are ongoing to establish what happened and a 13 year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent as part of our investigation.
“He remains in custody at this time”.
No weapons are thought to have been involved in this incident.
Anyone who saw what happened or who has any information that could help with the Police’s enquiries is asked to call 101 quoting 44200305713.
UPDATE @ 12:05 – The 13-year-old has been released from custody without charge, but remains under investigation.
My question is what’s a 13yr old doing out at 1115 anyway on what should be a school night. Maybe I’m old fashioned.
School holidays…
It’s august, it ain’t a school night
There’s no school anymore until September as it is now school holidays for all students
No school? Parents don’t care?
True a 13 year shouldn’t be out that late on any night and this is a disgusting thing to happen.
But it’s the school holidays schools are closed.
Because the parents don’t give a monkeys?
Unfortunately not all parents know where their children are at this time of night and they all start hanging around and starting trouble.
Id be out hunting my kid down that time of night . Let’s hope his mother punishes him for the assault
My thoughts exactly. The parents need scrutiny.
It’s about time Police and Social Services outreach service WE pay for had a cohesive approach and tackled the anti social activities… if they don’t it will continue and get worse… watch the Police precept and council tax go up next year… for what?
My god, what is wrong with that stupid ignorant boy!!
Well he isn’t a boy he’s a coward for beating a defenceless elderly man
Funny how people always say “there’s two sides to the story” when it’s morally convenient for them.
Age has nothing to do with it until we hear the full facts
Not gunna lie mate you didn’t even know what happened and weren’t even there he was chatting up little girls
We’re you there!
I doubt that … what little girls are out at gone 11 pm at night … fool!!
Well we now were he is going to end up. Bring back borstals. He will walk the straight line when he has a bit of that.
Not just Borstals. Bring back the birch.
should be in bed take his toys away prat
Speechless – he really needs punishing for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT a hard 13 teen year old BOY……. TOO PICK ON A MAN IN HIS 70. he will grow up too beat women………
Lol no joke
And they’ll say at 13 he’s not old enough to fully understand his actions…its about time they toughened up at an earlier age so by the time they’re “old enough” they’ve either learnt or are inside. It makes my blood boil reading things like this
Just wait until Pennyfeathers is built and fully stocked with such delightful youth. Will be commonplace
Trash! It knew full well. Yes we make bad decisions though life but when it comes to someone could have lost their life’s because another person anger then take it out of harms way and lock it up in broadmore!!!! So don’t make out that thing was a victim of its own miss judgment!!!!
This result is clearly the consequence when parents are not allowed to discipline the little brats these days – a smack on the backside certainly never did me any harm. I was taught to respect my elders and cannot believe how these youngsters behave in this day and age! I hope he gets a good hiding when he goes to prison eventually, after they molly-coddle him through the next few years and try everything else first, such as police cautions, fines, unpaid work and counselling, until he eventually kills someone!
Well said!
Quite agree
How do we know this boy wasn’t approached by the man?
Probably doing the right and teaching a lesson where it very clearly lacks, the state of scum these days have no respect for notning, inexcusable 4 against 1 old man very clearly the Chave scum are in the wrong
What a prick…….!!!
Hope the gent makes a speedy recovery
I woudn’t be in the least surprised to find that he was six feet tall and weighs fourteen stone. The image of a thirteen year old being a small child belongs to days long past.
I’m a 13 year old girl and im quite small and skinny, it’s so devastating to hear that someone my age would do something as vile as this!!
Yes mike I totally agree with you. Now in the type of work I did , I would always come across teenagers that think they are the hardest man on the planet! They only respect violence ( very sad) so I’m afraid it was fight fire with fire. Never had any problem with them again. That lad needs to be treated the same way. He will never do that again! Sorry but that my justice!
‘In the type of work i did’? So now you are an expert in human psychology as well as everything else (allegedly). Fighting violence with violence?…..isn’t that how most wars materialise and look how much suffering results from that. If you knew a compulsive burglar, do you think that by thieving from his house will stop him doing it? You need to think on my friend.
I’m sorry but I agree with mr justice and what the hell has Wars and burglary got to do with this. We all were that age once and going through puberty thought you were Jack the lad. Sometimes you found out you were not as tough as you thought. He was lucky it was someone that couldn’t defend himself. The old fashioned borstal needs to be re introduced. What would you have done in that situation?
There was a continual damage to cars in a street in the Marchwood area, I believe
It had been going on for ages. One evening resident found a yob damaging his car and caught him, giving him a good hiding. The judge said he sympathised, but could understand why he did it and fined him.
Strangely, the incidents stopped after that. I cannot understand why, can you?
Just goes to show, spare the rod, spoil the child!
“In my last job I used to beat up kids for a living” – Mr Justice! How proud you must be?
How do you make the assumption he beat up kids for a living? Nowhere in his post does he state beating them up. I’m guessing he at sometime did security on the doors of nightclubs etc. This job was to protect you and others against idiotic troublesome teenagers and older idiots.
YIGAF – I’ll assume what I want – that’s what the comments section are for – to detract from the actual article and slag each other off – or am I missing something?
Instead of running around in a car, get on your two feet, this is happening every night for the last week.they start at the left hand side of park and it goes on till two three in the morning shouting and swearing
Name and shame him…. he may only be 13 but why should he be protected. Makes my blood boil, they think they can get away with lashing out at anyone.
I hope the man is ok and recovering from his ordeal.
You just got to look at the sentences handed out by our courts here on the island, way too lenient even by mainland standards. There is absolutely no deterrent to stop these little tough guys walking around with their swagger talking like they are from South London trying to intimidate people. Absolute bellends!
The ferals are out again.
Do the parents keep check on thier brats.
Absolutely disgusting borstal sound the right place for feral kids.
Ryde has really gone to the dogs, and such a disgusting act. Hope he doesn’t get the soft touch from the police.
It’s not the Police who are soft….. It’s the Judges who decide the sentences. Way too soft on the island. The sentence needs to reflect the crime.
In my day, the police were big and tough, very unlike today. If anyone touched an OAP, they would find themselves in a cell with 2 hard cops and have 7 bells knocked out of them! The judge would smile and tell the culprit he had obviously fallen down the steps!
Hope he gets what he deserves I think the parents should be punished as well for what he did as well. What the hell was he doing out at that time of the night and what were the parents upto as well.
Hope the elderly man gets better very soon
Maybe he snuck out when the parents were asleep, you can’t always blame them some kids just do not listen to anyone.
What a horrible low life scum bag….if he is found guilty I hope he gets a prison sentence and let the other inmates deal with him….filth pure scum….. I hope the elderly man is ok
Prison sentence! This kid is only 13 years of age. Little shit needs to go to Young Offenders, then he’ll be sorry. Those places are horrendous. Parents need to attend responsible parenting course, they shouldn’t be allowed to get away with this. They bought him into this world, he is still a kid, a minor. They need to be dealt with as well.
There will undoubtedly be two sides to this story… either his parents will be accused of being unfit through drink or drugs, or the parents will be the type to leap to the boys defence with “my son would never do this, he is a good boy who helps his elderly grandparents, the man must have started it” Either excuse is old hat now, and the Magistrates should be wise to the Solicitors methods and give the lad a severe punishment,, but they wont, they are as much to blame for this behaviour as the Parents and the lad who committed the crime. Let a pack of dogs run free with no discipline and they become feral, just like many youth today!
It used to be ‘lock up your children for safety’ now it is ‘lock up your pensioners’.
Oh that is nothing ..the pub near me lets their kids play outside way beyond midnight and lets them make as much noise as they like as do the parents who run it. No action taken despite complaints so I guess Social Services are still useless.
Social services are useless
Discussing what is wrong with society that allows this to happen
You make a good point, sadly you have already been voted down. It indicates many people in our society are willing to except this low life’s behaviour.
Name and shame then run them out of town.
Don’t know about run them out of town but certainly name and shame,
I agree
I think it’s time these vile specimens are tried and punished as adults, if they can do such horrible acts of violence towards other people then they’re fit to face trial as adults.
It would also be interesting to see what the individual’s parents have to say on the matter. I’d be mortified if my child ever did something so horrible.
Don’t worry lad, IF this gets to court rest assured that you will only get a very light tap on the wrist with a feather as, after all you didn’t mean it and didn’t know what you were doing. Of course you knew the CCTV cameras were turned off as the council needs the money to repair, again, the non floating bridge and keep their useless employees in the luxury they are so used to. IOW all the way!
A great deal is being said in these comments without any knowledge of the circumstances.
There are numerous possible scenarios which no doubt the Police will be looking into.
Erm…I’m not sure if anyone in any circumstances should behave like this…but if there are I’d happily listen to their suggestions! Its do gooders like this that put us where we are now!
Your poor bleeding liberal heart..
You obviously don’t know me.
Your discusting, I hope you haven’t got kids.
On what planet is it acceptable to do that to another person let alone a 70 year old man ??
Turns out I was with the person they arrested before this happened we were at the top of the street next to union street we walked down to the bottom then turned left to the bottom of union street walked round the corner crossed the road saw something going on in the bus station so we crossed to the other side of the road away from it and there’s police cars and an ambulance and someone sat against a wall hugging their legs so if it was my friend he wouldn’t have got arrested 8 hours later because he was at the bus station and had blood on his top and cuts on his chin which he didn’t previously have because it was my top that had no stains on until I have it to my friend later in and he ended up cutting his face and getting blood on it so if people want to say this and that go ahead because who looks stupid for saying disgusting things about someone that’s innocent
sorry I got lost somewhere along your endless no sense waffle???
This is disgusting, I hope the gentleman makes a speedy recovery this will effect him forever! Poor man.
He jumped a unarmed old man.
What a w…er gutless little turd.
Don’t worry about a court sitting leave the parasite with a couple of blokes that are willing to give him a lesson in fighting.
Bet his family are right proud…not
How disgusting…I can only echo what has already been posted. However, I will add that this young piece of vermin should be taken down to Newport Square on a Saturday morning & flogged – a little barbaric perhaps for the 21st Century but a bit of proper punishment & public humiliation I am afraid is what is needed now. The softly, softly, approach has been tried & it has no effect whatsoever – time to up the ante…
What are you worried about, the public flogging is no more barbaric than that he administered to the elderly gentleman. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth is the old saying.
Can’t actually believe what I’ve just read, scummy little shit, hope the bigger boys give him what he deserves in youth offenders, parants obviously let him roam the streets late at night to do as he pleases, out of control. Poor poor man. If at 13 he can do this hell no dought be in prison by early manhood
Probably minding his own business till the jumped up vile thug beat him
It is the summer holidays but it is so late at my daughter it 17 and she goes to bed at that time but is in but 10 at the latest.
he should be questioned at the most but he should be arrested as he is over age!s
Now in English please.
Casual racism! Sorry Saraj, ignore the idiots.
What???
Doesn’t say they were together. Probably trying to mug him.
Here is a question. Just suppose someone had seen what this warped little low life was doing to this old guy and intervened by pulling him away and giving him a good kicking so that he would learn what it felt like. WHO WOULD PLOD HAVE NICKED?. Now we go to the do-gooders B/S about ”Can’t do anything or name him because of his age” Where does it say ANYTHING about having to be a curtain age before he’s allowed to be an evil little feral low life brat? Little shits like this should be tagged once they have committed a crime so that the police know where they are all times and also put on a strict curfew. As someone said earlier Fight fire with fire. Let’s see photos and names too on the front pages.
Disgusting horrible little shit
Old bean, please elaborate with your evidence that the young man is a disgusting horrible little shit. You are an uneducated keyboard warrior.
do you know him then? Is he a pillar of the community? listen to yourself before calling people uneducated and supporting the perpetrator of this horrible crime
Maybe society should stop pussy footing around and deal with this problem first name and shame the family and the little scroat second we need to sort out the justice system so these people get there due penance and sentence get tough before people start to get even by dealing with it themselves -///
Little b*****d wants locking up for a long hard stretch of time, it is not acceptable to go round beating hell out of anyone regardless of age.
Filthy little scum bag. Probably p*ssed up. Lock it up and throw away the key. I hope he gets his just deserts in the nick. See how he likes being disfigured!
This kind of senseless violence has to be stopped. If a thirteen year old displays this level of psychotic tendency, he should be removed and put in a secure place where his behaviour can be assessed by professional people. Next time it could be a Child
It wouldn’t hurt to have a group of Men patrolling the streets at night. Vigilante is seen as a dirty word but the Police can’t always get to a call in time.
As usual everyone is jumping to conclusions before the truth is released, hope the man recovery is quick xx
ive just seen this omg a 70 year old man has been attacked by a 13 year old this is disgusting.
at what point did the 13 year old boy. Think of attacking a 70 year old man this is really sickening to read
thought go out to the 70 year old man . Hope he makes a full recovery
The island is just getting worse day by day.
Well one thing is for definite the courts will give him a small fine and a probation. All i can say to the family of the attacked man is revenge is a dish best served cold.
thats very true
Little bas***d
i was taught to care and help my elders i was very disgusted when i heard a 13 YEAR OLD hurt a 70 year old i hope when the child mum see him she smacks him
little s–t .well sorry but police cut backs on the island, people drive around ryde like twats and no money to have police walking the streets this is what happens its only going to get worse
Name and shame the boy and his parents. Where has he learned this awful behaviour from? He may only be 13 but if he’s old enough to commit a crime like this then he should have the full punishment.
Quite agree. The parents are at fault they should be held to account and their identities made public.
Do you just assume that if kids misbehave it’s always the parents instead of the kid when you’ve got mental health to think about there’s more to behavioral issues than you realize and naming the parents would put their whole family at risk of being targeted by people that don’t care who they hit if it’s right in their eyes also the boy is innocent and actually really nice don’t talk about people you don’t know he was arrested on suspicion if you didn’t see but they won’t see him on the cameras because he was across the road with me looking at the event and wondering what had happened because we had no idea until he was arrested 8 hours later with suspicion for no reason
For the lynch mob. The article you are commenting on states that A 13-year-old boy has been arrested by Police following a serious assault on a 70-year-old man in Ryde last night (Tuesday).
There are no other facts to warrant your hysterical comments. As of writing this, the youth hasn’t been charged or convicted of an offence. The Police will investigate and the CPS will then decide to prosecute should the evidence stack up.
That ‘boy’ just became a man, and should be treated as such. Not given hugs, kind words and cotton wool , where the blame is laid elsewhere. Hes responsible, let him have it.
Little prick
Sadly the World we exist in is and always has been a cruel, destructive place.There will always be good and sadly, bad…Good and Evil! Media only hightens what as often been hidden….All we can do is keep teaching what is best and this can only be done by Love and Example.