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| Boy admits bleach attack on woman | Boy admits bleach attack on woman |
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| A teenager has admitted pouring bleach over a woman after she asked him to be quiet in a Leeds cinema. | |
| The city's crown court heard Annette Warden, 46, was "terrified" when the 16-year-old boy squirted the liquid over her head in a restaurant in July. | |
| Mrs Warden had earlier asked a group of youths to be quiet as she watched a Harry Potter film with her family. | Mrs Warden had earlier asked a group of youths to be quiet as she watched a Harry Potter film with her family. |
| The teenager admitted actual bodily harm. He denies attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent. | The teenager admitted actual bodily harm. He denies attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent. |
| A jury was told Mrs Warden was having a meal with her husband and two children, on 26 July this year, when she was attacked at at the Frankie and Benny's restaurant, near the cinema. | A jury was told Mrs Warden was having a meal with her husband and two children, on 26 July this year, when she was attacked at at the Frankie and Benny's restaurant, near the cinema. |
| The family had earlier been watching Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at the Vue cinema, in Kirkstall Road, Leeds, when they had been disturbed by a group of youths. | The family had earlier been watching Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at the Vue cinema, in Kirkstall Road, Leeds, when they had been disturbed by a group of youths. |
| I was terrified and at the same time scared for my children Annette Warden | I was terrified and at the same time scared for my children Annette Warden |
| The jury heard the teenagers' phones kept going off and they were being noisy, so Mrs Warden asked them to be quiet before calling for a member of staff. | The jury heard the teenagers' phones kept going off and they were being noisy, so Mrs Warden asked them to be quiet before calling for a member of staff. |
| Later, as the family went into the nearby restaurant, the defendant leaned out of a car and swore at the woman. | Later, as the family went into the nearby restaurant, the defendant leaned out of a car and swore at the woman. |
| The court heard he then went to a service station and bought a bottle of bleach. | The court heard he then went to a service station and bought a bottle of bleach. |
| He was driven back to the leisure complex, went into the restaurant and squirted the liquid on to the top of Mrs Warden's head. | He was driven back to the leisure complex, went into the restaurant and squirted the liquid on to the top of Mrs Warden's head. |
| The liquid ran on to her face and she had to be treated with saline solution at hospital, although she was not seriously injured. | The liquid ran on to her face and she had to be treated with saline solution at hospital, although she was not seriously injured. |
| In a statement read to the court, Mrs Warden said: "I was terrified and at the same time scared for my children." | In a statement read to the court, Mrs Warden said: "I was terrified and at the same time scared for my children." |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |