First hammer trial: guilty verdicts revealed (From Swindon Advertiser)

First hammer trial: guilty verdicts revealed

11:34am Thursday 28th February 2008

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SEVEN teenagers have been convicted of attacking schoolboy Henry Webster with a claw hammer, it can be revealed today.

Henry, 17, from Wroughton, was attacked at Ridgeway School in January last year.

Four teenagers - Wasif Khan, 18, Amjad Qazi, 19, and two boys, 15 and 16, who cannot be named - were found guilty of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm by a jury on February 14.

Nazrul Amin, 19, and two other youngsters aged 15 and 16 admitted the same charge before proceedings began at Bristol Crown Court.

The convictions can be made public today after Judge Carol Hagen agreed to lift reporting restrictions she had implemented when the jury returned its verdict.

Henry suffered three skull fractures during the violence. One caused brain injury and he needed surgery.

A second trial started this week. Kamren Khan, 19, Javed Khan, 20, Mizanur Rahman, 18, Roubel Meah, 20, Aqduss Rau, 18, Bilal Yaqub, 18, Mabob Ali, 18, a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old who cannot be named for legal reasons, are appearing at Bristol Crown Court in connection with the attack.

• For a full report and analysis, see tomorrow's Swindon Advertiser.

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