Postman shot in head by boy aged EIGHT years old and police are powerless to act

He was left in agony but has been told by police they cannot take action against the boy as he is under 10 – the age of criminal responsibility.
The postman
A postman was almost blinded by an eight-year-old boy who shot him with an air rifle as he did his rounds.

The tiny thug told Steven Tuck, “I’m going to shoot you” before firing a pellet at his temple, missing his eye by centimetres.

Dad-of-one Steven, 51, was left in agony but has been told by police they cannot take action against the boy as he is under 10 – the age of criminal responsibility.

The furious postie said: “If this boy is doing these kind of things now and he’s eight, what is he going to be like as a teenager?”

Describing Saturday’s attack in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, Steven said: “I’m doing my normal delivery when I saw two young boys.

“I wasn’t paying much attention but then I heard one of them shout, ‘I’m going to shoot you’.

“I looked around and the next thing I knew I had been hit – I was lucky it didn’t hit me in the eye because I could have been blinded.

“It hurt me. I had to sit in my van to calm down. It was a big shock.”

Royal Mail has launched an “urgent” probe while Stoke police said they would speak to the boy’s parents to give “suitable advice and warnings”.

But the Communication Workers Union wants all rounds to be suspended in the area while risk checks take place.

The union’s Maxine Penkethman said: “He is really shaken up."


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