Man stabbed boy with insulin pen meant for diabetics

[Northerner]

A MAN who stabbed a teenager with an insulin pen meant for diabetics has escaped jail.

Jason Bale stuck the device into the stomach of the 15-year-old, who had to be taken to hospital where he stayed overnight for his blood sugar to be monitored.

Bale, 23, of Windsor Street, had previously pleaded guilty to assault and was given a six-month prison sentence suspended for 12 months.

Prosecutor Iain Willis told Warwick Crown Court how, last September, the 15-year-old was with a group of friends near an alleyway in Murray Road at around 8pm.

One of the girls in the group went into the alley and some of her friends shouted to her just as Bale was cycling past, and he thought they were shouting at him.

http://www.therugbyobserver.co.uk/2...th-insulin-pen-meant-for-diabetics-69578.html

 

[Copepod]

Surprised that risk of blood borne viruses wasn't mentioned, but perhaps if Bale's blood had been checked for HIV & Hepatitis B, plus some of victim's blood was taken and saved for 6 months, then that was covered. If no blood was taken from both people, then that's negligence by the hospital who (properly) watched victim's blood glucose levels overnight - standard procedure for any needle stick injury.