Bus thug teenager locked up.Byline: Mike Bradley For other persons of the same name, see Michael Bradley. Mike Bradley (football) (born September 16, 1978 in Richmond Hill, Ontario) is a Canadian Football League running back for the Edmonton Eskimos. He is a graduate from the University of Waterloo, where he started in 1997. A TEENAGER has been put behind bars Verb 1. put behind bars - lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life" gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, remand, put away for 20 months for trying to rob a schoolboy on a bus. Lewis Thornton, 18, who is currently serving a six-month sentence for a similar offence, punched the 15-year-old twice in the face as he demanded his mobile phone. The boy bravely told Thornton: "You are not having my phone," before getting off the bus and contacting police, who then arrested Thornton. "This sort of offence is very unpleasant," Recorder Bernard Coles QC told Thornton, of All Saints All´ Saints` 1. The first day of November, called, also, Allhallows or Hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of all the saints; also, the season of this festival. Road, Wolverhampton. "It is unfortunately all too common amongst people your age." He said Thornton wanted money to clear a gambling debt and the fact the attempted robbery was planned was an "aggravating" feature in the case. "People are entitled to travel on buses without being put in fear," he told Thornton at Wolverhampton Crown Court. Thornton admitted attempted robbery but is now determined to put his life back on the rails, said Stephen Cadwaladr, defending. He told the court the teenager was hoping to resume his studies on his release from a Young Offenders' Institution so he could seek employment and settle down in the community. |
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