Teenager 'casually' launches knife attack after muttering seven chilling words

A teenager was stabbed on his way to a school by a mugger who demanded his trainers. Jamal Adam-Neale told an unidentified accomplice 'give me the knife, I'll do it' before 'casually' stabbing the teenager twice.

He was later apprehended after police saw him riding his bloodstained bike in Liverpool city centre. He dropped the knife from his shorts. The thug was warned by a judge he could be looking at a life sentence if he commits further violent crimes.

Liverpool Crown Court heard how victim was on his way to to school on Smithdown Road around 7am on May 20 to prepare for a GCSE exam. He noticed two men on bicycles eyeing him up near a bus stop at the junction with Alderson Road in Wavertree.

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Arthur Gibson, prosecuting, told how one of the attackers grabbed the boy and threatened him with a flick knife, demanding his bank cards and trainers. When he resisted, Adam-Neale said to his partner: "Give me the knife, I'll do it."

The 19-year-old, of no fixed address, was captured on CCTV 'lashing out towards his victim's torso'. Although the first strike missed, a second attempt hit the boy's upper right arm, reports the Liverpool Echo.

Both attackers fled on their bikes, while the victim managed to run home. He was taken to hospital for treatment of a 1cm wound that needed stitching.

In a statement read om court, the victim said the robbery caused him to miss his exam and left him with a scar near his bicep. "A few times at school, the experience has come back to me and I have to leave the room," he added.

"I was going to school to revise and take an exam but ended up