Teenager jailed for machete attack during the school run

A CHELMSLEY WOOD teenager who slashed at a man with a machete in front of horrified schoolchildren has been jailed for 14 years.
Carl Gamble, 19, had been angry about the fact the man had struck up a relationship with his mother.
On January 26 this year, the 51-year-old had turned up at Gamble's home, in Lowerstack Croft,  in an attempt to clear the air.
But the teenager (pictured, right) flew into a rage and chased him into Tile Cross Road armed with the blade.
The victim suffered serious lacerations, with one wound on his arm cutting down to bone. His right ear was almost completely severed during the frenzied assault.
Eyewitness reports at the time described how the victim was left "dripping with blood" near to a bus stop.
Gamble, who had been wearing a ski mask during the attack, sped away from the scene in a blue BMW but handed himself in at Stechford Police Station six days later.
Despite surrendering, he denied all involvement in the early morning attack and claimed to have been sleeping at a friend’s house in Balsall Common at the time.
However, at Birmingham Crown Court last week, he was given a significant prison sentence having been found guilty of wounding and possessing an offensive weapon.
PC Megan Parry, from Force CID’s Violent Crime Team, described the attack as sickening.
"It was a horrendous incident and one that caused panic on the morning with families on the school run among those witnessing what happened," she added.
"This could easily have been a murder enquiry. Thankfully the man survived but will have the physical and psychological scars of this attack for life.
"[Gamble] will spend many years behind bars as a result of his actions."