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Article: Father escapes prison after attack on yob.
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- The Star (Sheffield) (Sheffield, England)
- Article date:
- November 23, 2006
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By Anna Smith
A DAD plagued by yobs on a South Yorkshire estate took the law into his own hands and attacked one of the troublemakers with a Samurai sword.
James Darwin narrowly escaped jail after the assault on the youth in Thrybergh, Rotherham which left him unconscious with a trainer imprint behind his ear.
Darwin, aged 30, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and was sentenced to nine months in prison suspended for two years and ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work.
Sheffield Crown Court heard Darwin and his wife Joanne, 25, had suffered weeks of abuse before the night of the attack.
Judge ...