Teenager who attacked a woman with bleach jailed for 12 months

A TEENAGER who poured bleach over a woman in a revenge attack after she asked him to be quiet in a cinema was locked up for 12 months yesterday.

Jordan Horsley, 16, attacked Annette Warden as she had a meal with her family in a restaurant in Leeds on July 26.

He was annoyed with the mother-of-two after she fetched a member of staff to tell him and his friends to be quiet during a screening of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince at the Vue cinema in Kirkstall Road earlier in the day.

Mrs Warden, 46, had to be treated in hospital after the attack, although she was not seriously injured.

The teenager was handed a 12-month detention and training order yesterday at Leeds Crown Court after he was found guilty of attempting to cause Mrs Warden grievous bodily harm with intent.

Sentencing Horsley, the Recorder of Leeds, Judge Peter Collier QC, described the case as "unique".

The judge said: "You decided to take your revenge on her and you went to a nearby garage, which had a shop.

"Initially, you wanted to find some eggs to throw at her but when you couldn't find any, you bought a bottle of Domestos bleach.

"You approached her from behind and squirted the bleach at her from behind."

The court heard Mrs Warden had trouble sleeping since the attack and had been prescribed medication for her nerves.

Horsley was found guilty last month of attempting to cause Mrs Warden grievous bodily harm with intent.

The trial heard that Mrs Warden asked the group of teenagers to be quiet after their mobile phones kept going off during the film.