Police have thanked a member of the public who helped detain a 16-year-old girl moments after she assaulted a Police Officer with a BB gun.
As previously reported by Island Echo, the teenage girl from Ryde has been sentenced to an 18-month youth detention training order following an incident in the heart of Newport on 4th February.
Police were called at 11:43 to reports that the 16-year-old, who was thought to be armed with a gun, had made threats towards staff and pupils at the Island Learning Centre on Albany Road, Newport.
The girl was located by police on St James Street before she made further threats towards a police officer. She put the gun, which transpired to be a BB gun, to the officer’s head and pulled the trigger. The officer, PC Kerri Trickey, was then assaulted, sustaining a head injury.
A member of the public stepped in to assist the officer, who had blood pouring from her eye.
Chief Inspector Rob Brind said:
“We want to thank the member of the public that intervened to help detain the suspect after one of our officers was assaulted.
“Assaults on police will not be tolerated. Police officers and staff perform a difficult and often dangerous role, but we do not view assaults as simply being part of the job.
Article continues below this advertisement “Officers and staff come into contact with people who are sometimes going through the worst experience of their lives, but this doesn’t give people the right to ever verbally or physically abuse our people.”
The teenager, from Ryde, was arrested and subsequently charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and 3 counts of possession of an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence. She admitted these offences at a previous court hearing.
Appearing at Isle of Wight Youth Court on Wednesday, the teenager was sentenced to an 18-month Detention Training Order. This requires the defendant to serve half of their sentence in custody, and the remainder will be served in the community under the supervision of the Youth Offending Team.
Island Echo can reveal that the girl has appeared in court before for another serious incident on the Isle of Wight, but due to legal reasons, we cannot name the individual.
Would be good to reward the member of public with a framed certificate or a gift.
Wow do you work for the council such generosity.
another quality piece of sxxt only carry on when out…
This sentence is pathetic. Our police need more back up from the courts. That officer was not to know that her life was not about to end.
Our courts need to get tougher.
Hope the officer is OK.
The officer could easily have been blinded for life by a BB gun pellet. These ‘fake’ weapons are easily obtained from specialist dealers and are legal if classed in the ‘airsoft’ category, intended for target practice ONLY. Whilst this makes them the least powerful of pellet-firing weapons, they are excepionally dangerous in the wrong hands.
It’s desparately sad that some of our young people feel free to do this sort of thing.
“are easily obtained from specialist dealers” false, you have to be 18+ to buy a bb gun and need to show ID, not only that but its illegal to buy anything that is a firearm replica unless its two-toned at least 51% of the BB gun would have to be painted a bright colour (bright green, orange, red etc…) the only way around this is to be a member of an airsoft club and after some time and actually playing a set amount of they you can register with the government-run UKARA program and then you can buy a fully black BB gun.
please read up on the law (Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006) before assuming things.
I’m sorry, but there are NO ‘false’ statements in my post. If you take the trouble to read it properly you would understand that.
The officer could have been blinded (she ‘had blood pouring from her eye’),
These weapons ARE easily obtained (type ‘buy bb gun’ into a search engine and AT LEAST half-a-dozen UK dealers will be immediately listed),
They ARE exceptionally dangerous in the wrong hands (which is why we have the relevant laws that you outline in your comment), but this gun was being used by a sixteen year old CHILD.
I don’t think that I’ve ‘assumed’ anything there, as you arrogantly suggest, Micahel.
I can’t imagine the fear going through the WPC’s mind, or anyone else involved.
I hope the fact she’s a teenage girl will not prevent her from getting a proper sentence, afterall if she’s doing this at 14, what on earth is she going to be doing in 10 years time. And where on earth did she get a gun from, fake or otherwise?
I’m sorry to say that some, not all by any means but you know the ones I mean,of kids of today will be nothing but a menace and trouble for society
This girls parents need to go on a ‘How to be good parents and bring your child up to respect others and the environment they live in and not put BB guns to the heads of our Police officers’ educational course. They produced this kid, it was/is their responsibility to ensure she grew up knowing right from WRONG. Clearly, they have failed their child. Now society has to deal with the consequences.
you don’t know the full story of the childs upbringing probably best not to comment on something you know nothing about
9 months in custody for putting a gun to someone’s head.
What sort of punishment is that – it’s hardly worth the paperwork.
What about a public birching?