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plans are Sales and lending are on the up •12C777730-STItOTMm byFaizaAfzaal A CLITHEROE man who was


. a victim of a vicious and uimro- voked attack has slammed the


“soft sentence” handed down to


the teenager who attacked him. Andrew Blackledge suffered a


broken cheekbone and a cut requir­ ing four stitches above his left eye after he was punched several times while waiting for a pizza at a takea­ way in Wellgate, Clitheroe. Andrew, who works as an ac­


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countant for Lancashire County Council, said the incident, which took place just before midnight on Friday September 16th last year had left an “everlasting nightmare” etched on his mind. The 33-year-old said the court s


BATTERED: This picture, taken shortly after the at­ tack, shows the extent of Andrew Blackledge’s injuries.


decision not to jail the 16-year-old attacker did not match the sever­ ity of the crime. The teenage de­ fendant, who cannot be named for ; legal reasons, initially denied the offence and was due to face trial at Blackburn Youth Court earlier this


month. However, it is understood that following a review of the takea-


I way’s CCTV footage he pleaded ' guilty to a charge of causing actual bodily harm.


ferral order (see end of story) and told to pay £120 in court costs and


He was handed a nine-month re­ _ ,


£400 in compensation to Andrew. _ Andrew, who is a former pupil


■ meal and a few dnnks before they , taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital


of Ribblesdale High School Tech­ nology College, Chtheroe, recalled that on the evening of the incident he and his girlftiend had been for a


____ ; __________ n inciu l u u i mm.. . by Julie Magee


A MAJOR new development of up to 270 houses and a GP surgery on land off Henthorn Road, Clitheroe, can move ah e ad a f te r a G ovenment planning inspector overruled Ribble Valley Borough Coun­


cil’s refusal of the scheme. This means the outline appli­


cation from Gladman Develop­ ments Ltd - seeking permission in principle for the scheme -w now be Ranted. However, a full and detailed application would still need to be approved before any work starts. The decision fol­ lows a four-day inquiry in Clithe­ roe led by Planning Inspector Ha­ rold Stephens earlier this month. He states in his decision, re­


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he was waiting for his order, three


youths entered the takeaway. He said; “This young man barged


in and jumped straight to the front of the queue and started shouting. his order. I said: ‘Excuse me, I was here first’. His two friends from be­ hind then shouted: ‘We’ll go first


old man’.


: “There was an exchange of words betvyeen us and before I knew it the lad punched me underneath my left eyebrow. He then punched me agdUi and fractured my left cheek­ bone and I fell to the ground. The three orf them ran out while 1 was


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deciding to get a pizza. It was ap- for my injunes.” proximately Tl-50 p.m. and while “ l am absolutely gobsmacked at


such a soft sentence. He punched me twice in an unprovoked attack and I was fortunate to only break my cheekbone - 1 could have sus­ tained serious head injuries. “Only recently I read about a


leased on Monday: “There is clear objective evidence before me that the traffic concerns raised by the council and other inter­ ested persons are not warranted..^ I conclude on the second issue that traffic generated by the ap­ peal proposal would not lead to unacceptable highway conditions particularly on Woone Lane.” The inspector also states that


youth pleading guilty to murder after punching someone- during the London Riots. This could have been me. I could have died, yet the teenager gets away with a referral


order.”


time, not only physically and men­ tally, but this has left an everlast­ ing nightmare etched on my mind that makes my bones tremble at the


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from the evidence presented no better sites have been identified for housing, the site is “sufficient­ ly accessible” with the measures proposed and would not conflict with national policy. Overall it would “comprise a sustainable form of development”. John Macholc, head of plannmg at RVBC, said the council wa .s


surprised by the speed of the deci­ sion - the appeal only concluded


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