Teen had attacked boys after they 'had called him 'knacker''

A youth, who attacked two teenage boys leaving one with bite marks on his arm and ear, after they allegedly called him a "knacker", has been given a nine-month suspended sentence.

The 17-year-old, who is a member of the travelling community, had never been in trouble with the law until he attacked two boys from a "privileged background", whom he claimed had called him a knacker while he was travelling on a bus.