Autistic boy, 8, had a knife held to his throat by a fellow pupil in unprovoked canteen 破産した/(警察が)手入れする-up - but school let off 攻撃者 with 非難する on the wrist

  • Jake Bird, eight, was eating lunch at Cliftonville 最初の/主要な School in Margate, Kent

An eight-year-old boy with autism was left terrified when another pupil held a knife to his throat in an unprovoked attack, but their 最初の/主要な school let the other boy off with a 非難する on the wrist.

Jake Bird was eating lunch at Cliftonville 最初の/主要な School in Margate, Kent when another pupil grabbed his 長,率いる and 圧力(をかける)d a knife to his throat.

A dinner lady 介入するd to 武装解除する the pupil 持つ/拘留するing the cutlery, but Jake was left shaken, with a 示す on his neck.

School bosses 協議するd with Kent Police regarding how the attack should be dealt with.

Jake's father has been left ガス/煙ing as the boy 'would only be 制限するd during his playtime' and believes the school swept it 'under the rug'.

He told KentOnline that he wants the school to educate children on the dangers of knives and for his son's 攻撃者 to apologise.

Jake Bird was eating lunch at Cliftonville Primary School in Margate, Kent when another pupil grabbed his head and pressed a knife to his throat (stock pic)

Jake Bird was eating lunch at Cliftonville 最初の/主要な School in Margate, Kent when another pupil grabbed his 長,率いる and 圧力(をかける)d a knife to his throat (在庫/株 pic)

Steven Bird, who 述べるd his son as 'usually happy-go-lucky, very charismatic' but said he is 'on the 瀬戸際 of 存在 非,不,無-言葉の' and 表明するs himself through gestures.

Jake's mother collected him from school that day and he was 'shaken'.

Mr Bird told KentOnline: 'The only way he could 述べる it was by pointing to his throat and 説: 'I was 脅すd.'

'At a 最初の/主要な school, you would never hear of such a thing.'

The 建設業者, 38, said his family hasn't received an 陳謝 from the boy's parents.?

He 追加するd: 'Children need education about knives at an earlier age, 特に as knife 罪,犯罪 is getting worse and worse. This could be happening to our children at younger ages.'

The headteacher of the school - which is 率d '優れた' by Ofsted - Claire Whichcord, told him she had 配達するd the 'most serious consequence' she could.

But Mr Bird 攻撃する,衝突する out at the 許可/制裁, calling it 'abhorrent' and believes the boy should have been 一時停止するd.

Ms Whichford told KentOnline: 'The 出来事/事件 was a lunchtime 出来事/事件 that occurred in the school lunch hall, 伴う/関わるing school cutlery while the children were eating .

'The 事柄 was 完全に 調査/捜査するd and appropriate follow-up 活動/戦闘s were taken.'

視察官 Jim Woodward, of Thanet's Community Safety 部隊, said: '出来事/事件s in schools are 極端に rare, but as part of Kent Police's 無 寛容 approach, we 定期的に visit schools around the 郡 to speak to children about any safety 関心s they may have.'

MailOnline has 接触するd Cliftonville 最初の/主要な School for comment.?