Pantano had been excluded twice from his middle school, once for kicking a boy and on the other occasion for swearing at a teacher. Lambert also admitted stamping on a teenager s head, fracturing his skull, and attacking a young cyclist with a belt and throwing his bike in the river. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of four years detention. This horrific murder has shattered pupils at the Upper School the boys had attended. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Mr. Aslam and with the families of the two boys.
Some offenders are persistent.
John Shayler, a taxi driver, was driven out of Bedford for running shoddy cars moved his business from Kempston to Haynes, but he has now been stripped of his licences in Mid Beds. Shayler, who runs Haynes-based Saxon Cars, lost his vehicle and operator s licences after council investigators discovered his insurance policy had lapsed in September. Mr Shayler, who has also traded under the names BC Cars and Sovereign Cars, lost his licence for Bedford borough in January for using unlicensed drivers in unroadworthy cabs. He appealed, but magistrates upheld the decision and ordered him to pay 4,500 costs in July. After the Bedford ban, Mr Shayler immediately moved Saxon Cars from Kempston to Haynes.