Boy, 13, not jailed for sexual assaults on four women in Shropshire

Teenager who attacked women and girls on his walk home from school will be sent to therapeutic unit for at least 18 months

A 13-year-old boy who carried out sexual attacks on a woman and three teenage girls as he walked home in his school uniform has avoided a custodial sentence but will be sent to a specialist therapeutic unit for at least the next 18 months.

A judge told Shrewsbury Crown Court on Friday he had “absolutely no idea” why the youngster attacked a 16-year-old, two 17-year-olds and a woman in her 30s in four separate incidents in Telford, Shropshire.