Daniel Blyth jailed after Facebook post about getting a ‘buzz’ from savage attack on pensioner

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Daniel Blyth jailed after Facebook post about getting a ‘buzz’ from savage attack on pensioner

March 29th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

By
Matt Blake

UPDATED:

11:19 EST, 28 March 2012

The teenager who bragged on Facebook
that he ‘got a buzz’ from the sound of blood spattering a bus window as
he battered a pensioner has been jailed.

Daniel Blyth, 18, punched and headbutted his 71-year-old victim, who has allowed his picture to be taken but asked not to be named, in a ‘relentless’ and unprovoked attack.

He boasted on Facebook last month that he ‘got a buzz’ from the sound of blood hitting a bus window during the attack.

Jailed: Daniel Blyth, aged 18, punched and headbutted his 71-year-old victim, who has allowed his picture to be taken but asked not to be named, in a 'relentless' and unprovoked attack.

Caged: Daniel Blyth, left, punched and headbutted his 71-year-old victim, right, who asked not to be named, in a ‘relentless’ and unprovoked attack.

Jailing him for 32 months at Bolton
Crown Court, Judge Charles Bloom said: ‘He got out of the bus and do no
more than to challenge you in a totally non-threatening way.

Your response was to launch a savage
and sustained, brutal attack. You are 18, fit and strong. You had no
reason to believe he was of the same characteristic as you.

‘He was terrified. He thought his last hour had come.’

He added: ‘The remarks on Facebook are
of somebody who is a psychopath. I don’t suggest you are but they are
the words of a psychopath.’

Daniel Blyth attacked the man after he
confronted him and his friend when Blyth threw a beer bottle, smashing
the window of the 571 bus he was travelling on.

The incident happened in Higher Swan Lane, Great Lever, Bolton on February 10 at 9.45pm.

Blyth, of no fixed address, admitted causing actual bodily harm and criminal damage.

Remanded: Daniel Blyth, 18, punched and headbutted the elderly man in a 'relentless' and unprovoked attack, Bolton Magistrates' Court heard

Remanded: Daniel Blyth, 18, punched and headbutted the elderly man in a ‘relentless’ and unprovoked attack, Bolton Magistrates’ Court heard

At Bolton Crown Court Judge Charles
Bloom heard that Blyth bragged about the crime on Facebook saying he
‘got a buzz’ out of the sound of the man’s blood spattering against the
window.

But Blyth was said to be remorseful and had been threatened in prison by inmates disgusted by the crime.

The court heard the driver pulled over into a lay-by after the bottle was thrown.

As the driver called the police another bottle was thrown.

The driver and another passenger got back on the bus when the attack happened, scared they would be targeted.

$Bruised and bloodied: The victim needed stitches to his face and suffered a fractured finger and a shoulder injury$

Bruised and bloodied: The victim needed stitches to his face and suffered a fractured finger and a shoulder injury

The victim was repeatedly kicked and
hit by the men while on the floor, leaving him with scratches to the
forehead, face and lips.

He also had a chip fracture to his finger.

Kimberley Morton, defending, said
Blyth is now disgusted with himself and did not realise his victim was
71-years-old. Blyth was jailed for 32 months.

Joshua Thompson, aged 18, of Cobham Avenue, Bolton, is awaiting trial after denying assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

His victim, who has asked not to be
named, said after the attack: ‘There was one stage when I was being
battered and thought I had had it. It was extremely frightening.

‘I do not have a car so I am totally reliant on public transport.

‘But I am not going to let it stop me. As soon as I was released from hospital, I got straight back on a bus.

‘It has made me feel uneasy and more cautious, but I have been on buses at night since.’

The attack led to Maytree Travel threatening to withdraw all buses from Bolton amid concerns about safety.

Michael Renshaw, Transport for Greater
Manchester’s Bus and Rail director, said: ‘This kind of behaviour,
although thankfully rare, is completely unacceptable and will not be
tolerated.

‘Safety and security is one of our top
priorities because everyone has the right to travel – and work – on
public transport without fear of harassment or harm, and we will support
the police and operators in taking whatever action is necessary to
bring offenders to account.’