Racist girl, 15, who shoved teenager and her baby brother into bus lane is fined just £50... and sent to anger management classes

Targeted family forced to move back to Mauritius

Teenage attacker was too young to be sent to jail



A teenage girl who launched a racially motivated attack that saw a seven-month-old baby thrown into a bus lane has avoided jail.

The 15-year-old has instead been sent on an anger management course and made to pay just £50 to her victims.

She was convicted of causing actual bodily harm to the baby, after magistrates decided her reckless and racially motivated assault caused him to be flung from his sister's grasp in the attack near West Croydon bus station, in south London.

Horror: A 15-year-old girl was convicted of causing actual bodily harm after shoving a seven-month-old baby into a bus lane near West Croydon station

The baby's family have since returned home to Mauritius to escape the devastation the attack had caused on their lives, Croydon Youth Court was told.

The girl, whose identity is protected by law, was ordered to attend a year of anger management and 'victim empathy' sessions to help her understand the consequences of her actions.

Lead magistrate Nicky Ottaway said jail was not an option because the attacker was just 14 at the time of the incident.

The court was told the girl and a friend, also 15, had subjected a 13-year-old girl in the family to shouts of 'Paki' in Primark before assaulting her and her mother in the street last July.

After being told to leave by security both girls followed the family down the street, pausing to buy milkshakes from KFC before crossing the road and launching a vicious attack.

The 13-year-old was holding the baby but was pushed so hard he fell out of her arms and into the bus lane.

The trial also heard the young girl had previously been bullied at school by one of the attackers over her vitiligo, a condition that affects the pigment of her skin.



The pari were found guilty of racially aggravated harassment and two counts of common assault on two members of the family.



Horror: After pushing a baby into a bus lane, Croydon Youth Court has ordered the teenage to attend a year of anger management

The first attacker was also found guilty of actual bodily harm on the baby, and was initially warned she could face time in a detention centre due to the seriousness of the crime.



But during Friday's sentencing Ms Ottoway ruled out the possibility of jailing the girls.



She added: 'Even though you realised what could have happened, you didn't stop.



'You shoved (the sister) so hard that the baby fell out of her arms.



'Therefore you are responsible, but you were reckless and it was not intentional.'

She was ordered to pay £20 to the baby to compensate the injuries he suffered, which included a four-inch bruise and bite marks on his lips as a result of the fall.



Another £20 was ordered to be paid to the girl who was holding him, and £10 to the mother to make up for the trauma they had suffered.



The court ordered her to take part in a 12-month youth rehabilitation scheme, which includes regular supervision sessions from youth workers and a requirement to perform 24 hours of help in the community.



She will also have to take part in victim empathy group sessions and will be assessed about her need for anger management sessions.



The second girl was told to pay £20 to the 13-year-old victim and £10 to the mother, with her father telling the court it would be coming out of her pocket money.

She was also handed a nine-month youth rehabilitation order and ordered to perform 18 hours of help in the community.



