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(UK) Teen with "social anxiety disorder" threatens school

  • May 31, 2018
  • 1 min read

Sept 8, 2017, UK Telegraph: Teenage boy was 'moments away' from carrying out massacre after going to school with shotgun and 200 rounds of ammunition http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/08/school-seconds-scene-truly-wicked-killings-boy-took-shotgun/ A teenage boy was "moments away" from carrying out a high school massacre after going to class with a shotgun, knife, balaclava and 200 rounds of ammunition, a court has heard. ... The boy, who cannot be named, took the double-barrelled shotgun and 200 cartridges from his dad's cabinet as well as a knife, balaclava and ear defenders. … Judge Andrew Lockhart QC told the youngster: "You have lived a good life and it is plain to me that this event was outside the character that you have exhibited for your whole life. "You had led a good and productive life up until this point, being a model son and pupil. "You had been suffering social anxiety disorder and severe depression, and had often felt yourself to be angry or hopeless.

 
 
 

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