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[cap'n euan]

Aberdeen boy aged 7 ‘carries a knife’

Saw this in the paper yesterday, anyone encountered this chap? Pretty shocking stuff.

[Tubthumper]

Who's up for kicking the shit out of a 7 year old kid then?

[The Kernel Loaf]

Does it really matter if he is from Torry or not? Tarring all Torry residents with the same 'deprived area' brush is pathetic. His parents should be hung and shot.

[KimyReizeger]

Originally Posted by euanisacowboykiller

Aberdeen boy aged 7 ‘carries a knife’

Saw this in the paper yesterday, anyone encountered this chap? Pretty shocking stuff.

Yeah, but what about all the six-year olds who carry concealed knives.Now that's SHOCKING; try getting to sleep on that one tonight.

[calum]

Originally Posted by Tubthumper

Who's up for kicking the shit out of a 7 year old kid then?

I wouldn't - I heard the boy carries a knife.

[Swingin' Ryan]

The councillor said the boy was going around with knives, drinking and swearing

I love the fact this kid's strolling about Torry pissed up and kitted up like fucking Rambo and they're worried about his bad language.

[pogofish]

There have always been kids like this roaming around Torry & indeed many other areas, "good" & "bad." Silly season story maybe?

Yes, if anyone should be hung out to dry it is the parents or guardians those who cannot keep him in check.

[Lucius]

Typical Evening Express/P&J shock reporting.

I use to work for them and they are just so desperate to sell papers anything goes.

Funnily enough i remember a day when they sent me out checking up on Newsagents in Torry and standing outside was a guy and what i presumed was his 6 or 7 year old son.

The dad goes into his pocket and takes out his fags and hands the son one as well and they start puffing away.

I was a little shocked at that. That was over 12 years ago.

Seeing as how much sensationalist bullshit the media print and show on TV now that wouldn't shock me anymore. Society needs extremes like these because thanks to the information age we are so immersed in news and facts from morning til night it has to be something extraordinary for the public to give a shit.

[Frosty Jack]

Councillor Donnelly said: “He’s out of control.”

“I can imagine it from teenagers but at seven years old it’s just not on. Something has to be done.”

Something like going to the press? That Councillor is a self-serving useless prick. I think it's shameful that he has done this - obviously there are severe social issues with the family here that need serious attention, and getting the leeches of the press on the case is not doing anyone any good.
"Torry residents were today stunned at the reports."
Going by the article the neighbours who were affected were already working with the Police, so what good does it do outraging the residents who weren't even aware of the problem?
This is an unusual case and the last thing that kid needs is to be vilified by the press and most likely now by the whole area. He's not a criminal, maybe the family are, but there are better ways to deal with it than this.
"It was understood council officials, police and social workers were to hold an emergency meeting about the youngster this week."
By the sounds of it 'something' was being done, until this Councillor jumped in to get his name in the papers.

And I'd say Torry is far from being the worst area - there are far more problems with kids in Garthdee, Northfield, Seaton etc etc.

[Lucius]

The kids from Dyce are little bastards.