A TEENAGE tearaway threatened a boy before punching his mum repeatedly in the breast and spitting in the face of a police officer.
Kyle Cannaway left the city mum with bruises to her breast following the attack in Warndon, Worcester when she stuck up for her bullied son.
Cannaway, 19, shouted 'what are you looking at?' at the 15-year-old before putting his fists up as if he wanted to fight him.
The boy then called his mum who arrived by car and told the teenage thug 'leave my son alone!' only for Cannaway to attack her.
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Cannaway of Ashford Road, Worcester, has autism, ADHD, PTSD, autistic traits and 'a mental age equivalent to someone between nine and 12 years old', his advocate said.
We have previously reported how Cannaway tried to rob a man by pretending his mobile phone was a gun on New Year's Eve, 2020. READ MORE HERE
Cannaway spat at the mum's car window, opened her car door and punched her repeatedly in the chest. Her son tried to intervene to protect her by getting Cannaway in a headlock.
Cannaway was sentenced over videolink to 14 months detention in a Young Offender Institution at Worcester Crown Court today (Wednesday).
At the time of the attacks, Cannaway was in breach of two suspended sentence orders, one for attempted robbery and criminal damage to car wing mirrors.
This was also the 16th time he had breached a criminal behaviour put in place to control his loutish antics.
Cannaway, who already has 43 convictions, admitted assault by beating, threatening behaviour and assaulting an emergency worker.
He accepted the breaches of both suspended sentence orders and the criminal behaviour order.
Naomi Nelson-Cofie, prosecuting, said the incident took place on June 17 this year when a 15-year-old boy was on his bicycle and Cannaway shouted 'what are you looking at?'
Ms Nelson-Cofie said Cannaway 'changed his stance, putting up his fists as if he wanted to fight with him'. The boy called his mum on the phone who came to the area by car. Cannaway remained in the area, 'hiding in bushes'.
"She asked the defendant to leave her son alone. The victim was sitting in the vehicle when the defendant walked up and spat at the car window," she said.
The window was closed. However, Cannaway then forced open the car door and punched the woman 'several times to the breast area'.
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Ms Nelson-Coife described her injuries as 'obvious bruising' and photographs were shown to Judge James Burbidge QC.
The boy tried to restrain Cannaway in a headlock. A police officer arrived, recognising the defendant as 'the aggressor' and describing him as throwing 'haymaker punches'.
The officer grabbed Cannaway by the wrists but he managed to get one arm free, 'swinging punches towards the officer'.
Judge Burbidge, summarising the evidence, said: "The spittal hits his face."
Ordering him to be detained, Judge Burbidge told Cannaway: "You don't seem to be able to help yourself.
"I do accept you have real issues and were exploited as a child but the public needs occasional rest from people who can't help themselves."
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