A gutter cleaner who held a university student captive in his flat and suffocated her with bedclothes until she passed out has been jailed for over a year.
28.11.2023 - 11:17 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A mum delivered the perfect response after seeing her son shamed online. Stacey Robertson, from Wirral, spotted her teenage boy in a post in a community Facebook group about a gang of youths littering and "giving a load of mouth".
The picture, which was shared in the Crimewatch Wirral group in 2019, accused her son, Louie, and his pals of "throwing food and rubbish all over the floor" outside a café in West Kirby, Liverpool ECHO reports.
The post, shared to the group's 65,000 members, also blasted the youngsters' parents. It said: "If these kids are yours then I hope you're proud of them."
Shocked and appalled, Stacey decided to take a stand and deliver some old-school parenting to 14-year-old Louie. Rather than being defensive, she fronted up in the group and confirmed that her lad would be fairly punished for his actions.
Commenting at the time, she said: "The one in pink is my son Louie - he is 14 and was not brought up like this. He is off school tomorrow and will be doing a day's litter picking, come rain or shine.
"I will upload pictures of him and he will be apologising to anyone he has upset. If there is a member of staff from the café who wants to message me and arrange a Saturday or Sunday where we can come in.
"Louie can do a day cleaning, washing dishes, brushing the floor, whatever is needed - I will stay and fully supervise him. Every time I look at this picture I cringe because this is not the lad I brought up."
And the mum was true to her word, making Louie spend his day off school litter picking around the community centre in Leasowe. The teen filled two black bin bags with plastic bottles, glass, rubbish, and dog waste in a bid to make amends.
Although he took his punishment well, Louie told the ECHO at the
A gutter cleaner who held a university student captive in his flat and suffocated her with bedclothes until she passed out has been jailed for over a year.
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