Teen with 'fascination for serious weapons' slashed rival with kitchen knife outside kebab shop in Beeston and chased boy with an axe

Abdurrahman Khalid used a foot-long blade to cut the hand and wrist of a 16-year-old boy during the attack on Tempest Road, Beeston.

Leeds Crown Court heard Khalid was aged 17 at the time of the incident on July 22 last year.

Howard Shaw, prosecuting, said Khalid was part of a group of three males who approached the victim and his friend near to a kebab shop.

Khalid began taunting one of the boys, saying to him 'you can't fight' and 'you are nothing'.

The teenager then took the knife from the waistband of his trousers and began waving it around and making a stabbing motion with it.

He then struck the boy with the weapon and he fell to the ground with a wound to his wrist.

The victim's friend managed to disarm Khalid by kneeing the defendant.

Khalid dropped the knife and ran off.

Police were contacted and recovered the weapon from the blood-splashed pavement.

The victim had to undergo surgery after suffering damage to nerves and tendons.

The court heard he continues to suffer loss of feeling in his hand which may be permanent.

Khalid was arrested at his then home on Tempest Road.

Blood-stained clothing was recovered from his bedroom.

Khalid made no comment during police interview but continued to offend when he was released pending investigation.

Mr Shaw said Khalid was walking in the street with his sister on September 26 when he saw the stabbing victim's friend.

The teenager became angry and armed himself with an axe which was hidden inside his trousers.

He ran towards the 16-year-old and threatened to kill him but was held back by his sister.

CCTV footage from the area captured Khalid then using the axe to hit a garden wall.

Khalid was arrested at his home for a second time by police.

The officers found a machete in a sheath beneath his mattress.

The axe was recovered from the cellar.

Khalid was interviewed again and made admissions about the stabbing incident.

He said: "I lost control and I stabbed him.

"I hate (the victim) and he hates me. I pulled the knife out and stabbed him."

The court heard the stabbing victim now feels afraid to leave his home and is unable to take part in Thai boxing as a result of his injuries.

Khalid, now aged 18, of Woodsley Road, Leeds, pleaded guilty to wounding with intent, making threats to kill and two counts of possession of an offensive weapon.

Shila Whitehead, mitigating, said Khalid was briefly detained in custody after the offences.

She said: "That has given him the shock that has put his life in order."

Ms Whitehead said the defendant had a difficult upbringing but had a supportive family and was motivated to address his anger issues.

Khalid was sentenced to 18 months detention.

Judge Geoffrey Marson QC said the offences were so serious that only an immediate custodial sentence could be imposed.

He said: "If you did not understand it before, you must understand it now, how serious the courts regard arming yourself with a knife.

"It is an extremely dangerous thing to do.

"I have had people in my court just your age who have used a knife in the way you did and, without intending it, have killed the victim.

"In sentencing, there has to be an element of deterrent to deter people from having knives in public.

"You have a problem with your temper and very clearly, at least at that stage, had a fascination with serious weapons."