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'I could kill you, no one will find out' - terrifying threat by teen to care worker
2026-03-26
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Summary
A 16-year-old boy who sexually assaulted a care worker and threatened staff with a screwdriver and knife at a care home pleaded guilty to false imprisonment, sexual assault, attempted oral rape and making threats to kill or cause serious harm. Mr Justice Paul McDermott imposed four years' detention and suspended the final 18 months for two years. Conditions include continued engagement with the Probation Service and no direct or indirect contact with the victims. The boy cannot be identified because of his age.
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What: Report matter: 'I could kill you, no one will find out' - terrifying threat by teen to care worker. Charges or matters: false imprisonment, making a threat to kill or cause serious harm, sexual assault and attempted oral rape of a female care worker in a "chill out room" at a care home on September 27, 2025; making threats to kill or cause serious harm and producing a screwdriver and a knife at an office on the same premises on the same occasion. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- September 27, 2025 Incident
- 2026-03-26 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: false imprisonment, making a threat to kill or cause serious harm, sexual assault and attempted oral rape of a female care worker in a "chill out room" at a care home on September 27, 2025; making threats to kill or cause serious harm and producing a screwdriver and a knife at an office on the same premises on the same occasion (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: By Fiona Ferguson A teenage boy who sexually assaulted a care worker and later threatened staff with a screwdriver and knife has been sentenced to a partially suspended period of detention of four years. He imposed a sentence of four years detention and suspended the final 18 months for two years on various conditions, including the defendant keep the peace and be of good behaviour for all that period.
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