Teenager who attacked woman and three girls on walk home from school to be sent to therapeutic unit for at least 18 months

A 13-year-old boy who carried out sexual attacks on a woman and three teenage girls as he walked home in his school uniform has avoided a custodial sentence but will be sent to a specialist therapeutic unit for at least 18 months.

A judge told Shrewsbury crown court on Friday he had “absolutely no idea” why the boy attacked a 16-year-old, two 17-year-olds and a woman in her 30s in four separate incidents in Telford, Shropshire.

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