Jordan Horsley said he wanted to "show up" Annette Warden A teenager who poured bleach over a woman at a restaurant in Leeds has been detained for 12 months. Jordan Horsley, 16, was found guilty at an earlier hearing of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent. Leeds Crown Court heard how Annette Warden, 46, asked the boy and his friends to be quiet during a film at the Vue cinema on Kirkstall Road. Later, as Mrs Warden and her family ate in a nearby restaurant, the boy came in and poured bleach on her head. In sentencing the teenager, Judge Peter Collier QC lifted an order banning the press from revealing his name. Bleach in eyes The attack happened on 26 July in the Frankie and Benny's restaurant at the Cardigan Fields complex. Mrs Warden had been watching Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince with her husband and two sons when she complained to the boy and his friends as their mobile phones kept going off, the court heard. As the family left the cinema and went to the restaurant the defendant shouted abuse at Mrs Warden from a car. The court heard how the group drove to a nearby petrol station where Horsley wanted to buy eggs to throw at her, but when he could not find any he bought a bottle of bleach. Mrs Warden was attacked after she complained about noise at the cinema The teenager went into the restaurant and poured the bleach on Mrs Warden from behind. Mrs Warden required hospital treatment after the liquid went into her eyes, although she was not seriously injured. The boy told the court that he only wanted to "show up" the woman. The court heard Mrs Warden had difficulty sleeping since the attack and had been prescribed medication for her nerves. 'Utterly vindictive' It was revealed in court that Horsley had a previous conviction for hitting someone over the head with half a brick and had also been cautioned for assault on a separate occasion. The boy, whose mother died when he was young, had suffered a violent relationship with his father and was living by himself at the time of the attack. Judge Peter Collier QC, said social services had been involved with the family but said matters had not been resolved "satisfactorily". "You have not been well-served in your life by your father and there must be some concerns as to the intervention that was attempted as you were growing up, which never resolved the issues which you still have," he said. The fact he planned the attack and went off and bought the bleach before returning to throw it over her shows how malicious his thinking was that day

Det Insp Neil Thompson, West Yorkshire Police Judge Collier said the teenager would serve half of the 12-month detention and training order before being released on licence. He told Horsley he hoped some of his issues surrounding his family and his emotions would be dealt with during his time in custody. Speaking after sentencing, a West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "Jordan Horsley's actions were utterly vindictive and understandably left people shocked and sickened. "The victim had made a perfectly reasonable request for him and the group he was with to be quiet during the film. She could never have expected that he would react in such a nasty and violent way. "The fact he planned the attack and went off and bought the bleach before returning to throw it over her shows how malicious his thinking was that day."



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