He paused the game and went to get a kitchen knife

Post by **7zark7** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 1:53 am

http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.j ... stab05.xml

Boy, 11, stabbed baby whose crying spoiled his PlayStation game
By Nigel Bunyan
(Filed: 05/07/2005)

An 11-year-old boy stabbed his baby nephew in the stomach after the infant's crying disrupted his PlayStation game.

The boy told police that in the minutes before the incident he had kept "dying" as he played the game, based on the cartoon characters The Incredibles, in his bedroom. The crying made him feel like "an erupting volcano''.

He paused the game and went to get a kitchen knife to repair a toy. Then he went into the baby's bedroom and stabbed him in his carry cot. The blade broke and he hid the knife under a television cabinet.

Yesterday the boy, dressed in a black suit, white shirt and purple tie, sat beside his father at Hull Crown Court and denied attempted murder on Dec 15 last year. He also denied wounding with intent and wounding.

Gary Burrell, QC, said the incident happened at a time when the family was under strain. The boy's sister was in hospital and their mother was looking after the baby as well as her own children.

Having always been "the baby of the family", he felt pushed out.

Before the stabbing a teacher had told the boy off for playing truant. He had replied: "There is a lot going on in my head.''

He began crying, saying that his family was looking after a baby who was noisy. He added: "The baby is doing my head in." The teacher also recalled an allegation that the boy was being bullied.

Mr Burrell said that on the day of the incident the boy's sister was out, his stepfather was asleep and his mother had gone round to a friend's home. Ten minutes later her son arrived in great distress and said: "I have done something awful. Something really bad has happened to [the baby].''

His mother returned to her flat and found the baby bleeding heavily in his carry cot. He was taken to the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby, for surgery to a life-threatening injury and remained in hospital for six days.

When police interviewed the boy he recalled hearing his nephew crying and described fetching the knife and mending a toy from McDonald's. Then he went into the baby's room. "I still had the knife in my hand and I know I hit him with it in the bedroom. Without realising it, I stabbed him," he allegedly said.

He said he had stabbed the baby with a force "somewhere in the middle'' of his capability and described his nephew's eyes "going big" as the knife entered.

Henry Pearson, a consultant general surgeon at the hospital, said the knife had been pushed in one direction and then possibly in two other directions while inside the baby's stomach.

The boy's mother said her son adored the baby, regarding him as a brother rather than a nephew. The jury heard that the boy had seen his nephew once since the incident and had clearly been delighted, both kissing him and waving to him.

Mr Burrell told the seven men and five women on the jury that there was "really no dispute'' about what had happened. "The sole issue here is the extent of the child's mental intention when he stabbed the baby".

The trial continues.

Post by **Duhard** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 1:54 am

IF IT'S IN THE GAME, IT'S IN THE GAME!

Post by **andyman** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 1:55 am

did the baby die?
are they gonna ban the incredibles game for influencing violence upon baby kids??
im staying tuned

Post by **7zark7** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:00 am

:lol: "his nephew once since the incident and had clearly been delighted, both kissing him and waving to him " :lol:

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:00 am

andyman wrote:did the baby die?
are they gonna ban the incredibles game for influencing violence upon baby kids??
im staying tuned

and denied attempted murder

Post by **losCHUNK** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:01 am

what a dumb fucking prick

if he wanted it to stop crying he shouldve put it straight through the throat

Post by **Transient** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:03 am

Obviously they will blame his gaming habits, rather than his fucked up parenting.

Post by **l0g1c** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:12 am

Haha, stupid Americans!

Post by **andyman** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:23 am

new avatar

^^^

Post by **Duhard** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:26 am

oops wrong thread

Post by **S@M** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:04 am

thats one of the sadest things I've read in awhile. No winners there.
although my first thought was that abdo wounds would increase the crying

Post by **Transient** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:12 am

S@M wrote:No winners there.

Lawyers.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:15 am

l0g1c wrote:Haha, stupid Americans!

look at his name. they kid's clearly from Africa.

Post by **Underpants?** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:33 am

l0g1c wrote:Haha, stupid Americans!

yes you stupid fucking prick there are many Diana, Princess of Wales Hospitals in america, they're all over the place. In fact, we have many towns named Grimsby, as well.
jesus I should have written you off like everyone else when you regged that cuntworthy nick.

Post by **Chupacabra** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 4:10 am

Underpants? wrote:
l0g1c wrote:Haha, stupid Americans!
yes you stupid fucking prick there are many Diana, Princess of Wales Hospitals in america, they're all over the place. In fact, we have many towns named Grimsby, as well.
jesus I should have written you off like everyone else when you regged that cuntworthy nick.

did you not notice the paranoid smiley? sarcasm must not be your forte.

Post by **Underpants?** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:10 am

oh yeah a paranoid smiley casts spell of teh wicked sarcastic, level 12 protection from being thicker than the statement before it.
i forget these things mate

Post by **Postal** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:19 am

Apparently having the nickname "Underpants?" casts level 52 ignorant prick.

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:05 am

ah yes, i wanted to post this but my internet at home broke

see, i read about this 3 days ago, yet noone here did. it prolly didnt get that much coverage. also note that this time around, 'the kid's mental condition' is on trial, NOT the game
i mean, who would dare sue the king of wholesome family entertainment, Disney/Pixar ?
now if this kid was playing counterstrike or GTA at the time, the media would be all over this and Valve or Rockstar would be sued 5 times over.

so while this time they have the guts to point the blame at parenting and the kid's upbringing, it is extremely hypocritical :icon33:

Post by **rep** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:23 am

Transient wrote:Obviously they will blame his gaming habits, rather than his fucked up parenting.

I don't think anyone buys that anymore. Certainly not if he's playing The Incredibles. If he was playing Unreal Championship, then sure. The JIC Jews in charge would never let the media say anything bad about Disney, one of their biggest moneymakers.

Post by **Pauly** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:34 am

British :lol:

Post by **seremtan** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:37 am

if the guy had been reading Jane Austen when the baby pissed him off you can guarantee we wouldn't hear a word about it, but PLAYSTATION omfg satan ban the evil toy

Post by **Eraser** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:37 am

Yeah it was on Eurogamer a couple of days ago
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=59910

The article was originally paired with a very tasteful "get this game now" link, but looks like they removed it :lol:

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:40 am

seremtan wrote:if the guy had been reading Jane Austen when the baby pissed him off you can guarantee we wouldn't hear a word about it, but PLAYSTATION omfg satan ban the evil toy

see, its not. everyone assumes its a "omg lol games are evil" case, but as it says in the last parapgraph, "extent of the child's mental intention " is where the discussion lies.

why? because it was a Disney product, and omglol disney cant fuel blinding rage! only violent games can !

Post by **Nightshade** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 9:16 am

Fucking BRits and their knife culture.

Post by **seremtan** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 9:22 am

MKJ wrote:
seremtan wrote:if the guy had been reading Jane Austen when the baby pissed him off you can guarantee we wouldn't hear a word about it, but PLAYSTATION omfg satan ban the evil toy
see, its not. everyone assumes its a "omg lol games are evil" case, but as it says in the last parapgraph, "extent of the child's mental intention " is where the discussion lies.

why? because it was a Disney product, and omglol disney cant fuel blinding rage! only violent games can !

the title of the article is

Boy, 11, stabbed baby whose crying spoiled his PlayStation game

the mere mention of Playstation is intended to be suggestive. ok, now imagine this

Boy, 11, stabbed baby whose crying spoiled his enjoyment of late eighteenth century lady novelist

hm, yeah, right