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| Boy found guilty of bleach attack | Boy found guilty of bleach attack |
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| A teenager who poured bleach over a woman in a Leeds restaurant has been found guilty of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm. | A teenager who poured bleach over a woman in a Leeds restaurant has been found guilty of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm. |
| The city's crown court heard Annette Warden had earlier asked the boy to be quiet as she watched a Harry Potter film with her family at the cinema. | The city's crown court heard Annette Warden had earlier asked the boy to be quiet as she watched a Harry Potter film with her family at the cinema. |
| The 16-year-old had admitted causing actual bodily harm but a jury found him guilty of the more serious charge. | |
| The case was adjourned for sentencing on 11 January. | The case was adjourned for sentencing on 11 January. |
| Mrs Warden, 46, had to be treated in hospital after the attack, although she was not seriously injured. | Mrs Warden, 46, had to be treated in hospital after the attack, although she was not seriously injured. |
| This was a cruel and cowardly attack on a mother enjoying a Sunday evening out with her family Insp Richard Baildon | This was a cruel and cowardly attack on a mother enjoying a Sunday evening out with her family Insp Richard Baildon |
| The court had been told she was having a meal with her husband and two children on 26 July this year when she was attacked at the Frankie and Benny's restaurant, near the cinema. | The court had been told she was having a meal with her husband and two children on 26 July this year when she was attacked at the Frankie and Benny's restaurant, near the cinema. |
| The family, from Leeds, had earlier been watching Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at the Vue cinema, in the city's Kirkstall Road, when they had been disturbed by a group of youths. | The family, from Leeds, had earlier been watching Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at the Vue cinema, in the city's Kirkstall Road, when they had been disturbed by a group of youths. |
| 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. |
| 'Mentally scarred' | 'Mentally scarred' |
| 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. |
| The family had been watching a Harry Potter film at the cinema | The family had been watching a Harry Potter film at the cinema |
| 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. | The liquid ran on to her face and she had to be treated with saline solution at hospital. |
| The defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denied trying to cause her serious injury and told the court he only wanted to "show up" the woman. | The defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denied trying to cause her serious injury and told the court he only wanted to "show up" the woman. |
| 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." |
| She said: "[The bleach] kept coming and fell all down the right side of my face and into my eyes." | She said: "[The bleach] kept coming and fell all down the right side of my face and into my eyes." |
| Insp Richard Baildon said Mrs Warden and her family had been left "mentally scarred" by the incident. | Insp Richard Baildon said Mrs Warden and her family had been left "mentally scarred" by the incident. |
| He said: "This was a cruel and cowardly attack on a mother enjoying a Sunday evening out with her family who simply asked a rowdy group of youths to be quiet during a film. | He said: "This was a cruel and cowardly attack on a mother enjoying a Sunday evening out with her family who simply asked a rowdy group of youths to be quiet during a film. |
| "That is something most of us would have done without expecting it to result in the truly appalling actions that followed." | "That is something most of us would have done without expecting it to result in the truly appalling actions that followed." |