No charge to be brought after boy is struck by a brick thrown through a coach window
October 14, 2009 by Andrew Morgan
Filed under All News, Industry News, Transport and Traffic news
A mother from Shropshire has spoken out to the BBC this week about her disgust that no charges will be brought after her son suffered severe injury following an incident where a brick was hurled through a coach window where he was sitting. The 14-year-old football fan had gone on a coach trip to support his team, Telford FC, who had just won the Setanta Shield final against Forest Green Rovers when the injury was sustained.
The incident happened in April of this year and has left the 14-year-old with facial scars which he will have to live with for the rest of his life. A 19-year-old was arrested at the time but the Crown Prosecution Service announced this week that they didn’t have enough evidence to bring the case to court.
Ryan Asson is an avid football supporter and never misses a match played by his home team. He was sitting with his father next to the window when the brick was thrown. Ryan needed 15 stitches after being struck and both he and his dad had shards of glass shattered in their eyes as a result of the force at which the brick hit the coach window.
Both the football club, Forest Green and Ryan’s family have expressed extreme anger at the decision to not press charges. Mrs Asson said she was “absolutely disgusted” and the football club commented that the incident had saddened everyone involved at Forest Green Rovers.