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A five-year-old girl who is battling cancer is recovering after two boys sprayed her with deodorant and tried to set her alight.


The girl's mother now wants to move away from the Halifax estate
Scarlett Hellewell had to be rescued by neighbours when the pair pinned her down and attacked her with the aerosol can in Halifax, West Yorkshire.
She escaped with bruises when the deodorant did not set alight.
The two young boys, believed to be only 10 and seven ran off.
A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: "The girl was playing when she was approached by two young boys.
"(They) kicked and punched her before spraying an aerosol in her face and attempting to set her alight. The match did not ignite."
Scarlett is suffering from a tumour which has left her blind in one eye and with marginal sight in the other.
Her mother Paula, 38, a home support worker, said she was hoping to move away from the estate where they live.
She told the Yorkshire Post: "I was disgusted when I heard what these boys had done, though this is not the first time they have attacked her.
"Scarlett's brain tumour is getting bigger and this was the last thing we needed to happen."
Neighbour Adele Brearley, 30, said: "Scarlett was really upset and her eyes were sore where they had sprayed deodorant. If they had managed to light the matches it would have been a lot worse."
Police are appealing for witnesses.

news.sky.com


I had to post this on here, I was just so enraged. What is this country coming to?

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fucking disgrace

Un. Believable.

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What is this country coming to? It has and the rest of the world has always been full of nutters of various ages. Just that now we have the means to get news spread around quicker than ever.
Not that this at all excuses these actions in any way.
The birch would be too good for them.

lol

one thing i'm looking forward to living in foreign is to see what they make of THE GUN CRIME and THE TEENAGE STABBINGS and such.

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my c key is broken, and my r is playing up too.

plenty of gun crime over here. and some nutter into explosives had fun with the police over the last couple of days.
it's all great.
anyway Paddy, what i said at first was true. the press love to sensationalise news, or make something a hot topic that has always existed.

Their own or ours?

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exactly what i mean. it's a bit ridiculous but when i was at school i knew loads of boys who stabbed others and got stabbed. it's nothing new.

a friend of mine wanted to cross the road recently because there were a group of teenagers further up being a bit rowdy. i cracked up because when we were younger he was an absolute dickhead, throwing stones at buses and all that sort of shit. it makes me laugh people saying about kids being loud and obnoxious in the street. WE WERE PRETTY LOUD AND OBNOXIOUS TOO! we were kids ffs.

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my c key is broken, and my r is playing up too.

gotcha.

i heard my dad and his cousin often talking about the good old days. and he used to have a go at me as a child. prize nutters at times doing dome really dumb stuff.

i well nearly had a rant. but im going to smoke and watch motd.

ta ra folks

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my c key is broken, and my r is playing up too.

aww. have a rant. gowaaaan. you knowz it makes sense.

then have a smoke.

Have a smoke then rant.. smoking stresses you out

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do people still smoke? can you smoke anywhere anymore? people soon won't be allowed to even smoke at home.

That's why.

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you make your own life and own choices. and sometimes you don't get any. plus it must hit the tax coffers a bit.
hurrah for the unhealthy lung!