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| Desmond Brooks ( right), scene of the crime ( left ) |
Desmond Brooks jailed for stabbing girl, 16, after she refused to give him her number
The girl wrestled with Brooks before he stabbed her in the thigh and ran out of the station.
By Edward Era Barbacena
A black teenage man has been jailed for more than five years after he stabbed a teenage girl in the leg when she refused to give him his number.
Desmond Brooks, 19, of no fixed address, told the 16-year-old victim he would “shank” and “chef” her up after he was driven into a rage by the rejection, Inner London Crown Court heard.
The court was told how Brooks approached the teenager and her male friend on the high street outside Harrow on the Hill Underground station and asked for her number and Snapchat username
The pair told Brooks to leave them alone before he became abusive launching into a racist tirade against the friend who confronted him.
Brooks responded by punching him in the face.
The girl wrestled with Brooks before he stabbed her in the thigh and ran out of the station.
She was taken to a local hospital where she received six stiches in her leg after the “vicious” attack on the morning of October 20 last year.
A judge sentenced him to five years and two months imprisonment – 56 months for grievous bodily harm with intent and six months for racially aggravated common assault on Friday.
DC David Graney, of the British Transport Police, said: “This was a vicious and senseless act of violence and it’s fortunate that Brooks’ 16-year-old victim wasn’t more seriously injured.
“Violent and racially aggravated crimes have no place on the railway and the sentence handed down to Brooks sends a clear message about the consequences of such crimes.
“I’m happy to see he will spend the foreseeable future behind bars – he’s shown himself to be a violent and dangerous individual.
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