Man is ordered to pay £100 after washing a six-year-old's mouth out with soap when the youngster kicked a pensioner's walking stick and told him to 'f*** off'
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A man has been fined for washing a six-year-old boy's mouth out with soap after the youngster kicked a pensioner's walking stick and told him to 'f*** off'.
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He sees the boy 'Alfi Forsyth', which he used to babysit, running towards the elderly pensioner and kicking his stick. He asks him to stop to which he tells Rian Birtwell to 'F&^K OFF! GAY BOY!'
'Rian says to him to stop swearing and when he doesn't, he says 'stop swearing or I will wash your mouth with soap,' something that used to happen in the good old days.
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Infuriated Birtwell walked to a shop following the encounter on April 11 and bought a three-pack of soap before returning to Alfi in the park, pinning him down and shoving the soap in his mouth.
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He was arrested by police after Alfi told his mother Lynne Cook, a personal banker, about the incident.
Alfi's mother Lynne Cook admitted her son had sworn at Birtwell but said 'kids do that king of thing'
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The confrontation between Birtwell, 23, and Alfi occurred in this park in Washington near Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. Birtwell was given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £100 in court costs
Speaking after the case, Birtwell said he committed the offence because Alfi 'needed to be taught a lesson' for swearing.
What do you think about this incident? Was Birtwell right to teach him the lesson this way?
