TWO teenagers from Ulverston have admitted to being involved in a serious late-night attack on a teenager in a South Lakes town.
Detectives began an investigation and made a public appeal for information after the incident in Kendal's Kent Street.
This was reported to have occurred at around 12.45am on Friday, August 21, 2020.
“The 17-year-old boy suffered minor injuries,” a Cumbria Police spokesman said in the aftermath.
At Carlisle Crown Court today, three teenagers admitted assaulting the male, causing him actual bodily harm. All had been quizzed by detectives in the aftermath of the attack.
They were Liam Pickering and Ethan Pickering, both aged 18 and of Lower Brook Street, Ulverston, and a 17-year-old male who cannot be identified.
All three had previously faced a more serious charge, alleging the causing of grievous bodily harm with intent, which they denied.
Appearing in court remotely over a video link, prosecutor Nicholas Clarke said of that allegation: “I will offer no evidence because that was not, in my view, ever a count which was sustainable on the evidence.”
None of the defendants had put forward a formal basis for their guilty pleas, and will be sentenced in due course on the full prosecution facts of the case.
Judge Nicholas Barker adjourned the case and directed that pre-sentence reports on each of the defendants should be prepared by the probation service.
He said: “I am satisfied the correct proactive is for these young defendants to be sentenced as soon as possible.”
They are due to receive their punishment at the crown court on March 26.
In the meantime, Liam Pickering and Ethan Pickering were remanded in custody, while the 17-year-old defendant, who has an address in the Preston area, was granted bail by the judge.
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