Happy slap Liverpool attack teenager sentenced

Mar 1 2008 by Chloe Griffiths, Liverpool Daily Post

A TEENAGER who was part of a gang who carried out a “happy slapping” attack on a young Goth has been jailed.

Alan Brown was with three others when they targeted their 14-year-old old victim, simply because of his distinctive style.

Liverpool Crown Court heard what may have started as “fun and play”, quickly turned nasty.

Witnesses reported seeing Brown and another thug kick the youngster as he lay stricken on the ground attempting to protect his head.

At least one of the group filmed the attack on their mobile.

Yesterday Judge David Aubrey QC sentenced Brown, 19, of Maydown Lane, Clubmoor, to 15 months in a Young Offenders’ Institute, after he had been convicted by a jury. He had pleaded not guilty