A 16-year-old boy was left close to death after he was ‘electrocuted’ while being chased onto train tracks by a hammer-wielding gang.
Ted Warne-Harvey was ‘smoking’ after he tripped onto a live rail while desperately running for his life from youths armed with metal poles and hammers, per court records.
Stewart and Odero were aged 16 and 17 respectively at the time of the attack.
The trial heard that Warne-Harvey had gone to the train station to sell his bike to another teen.
In the terrifying attack caught on CCTV, the teenager was struck with a hammer moments before he fell onto the tracks near Westgate-on-Sea railway station in Kent on September 26 2021.
Warne-Harvey was left splayed out on the tracks with his body visibly ‘smoking’, jurors heard.
The violent mob, some of whom were as young as 15, continued to attack the injured teen before fleeing the scene. He was left for dead until a heroic bystander rushed in to pull him to safety.
He suffered life-changing burns and needed three operations, including plastic surgery.
Two members of the group, Kaya Barratt and Harvey Kara, were later convicted of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
Two other thugs, Declan Stewart and James Odero, were also convicted last week after being accused of ‘encouraging and assisting’ in the horror chase.
