A man kicked a boy's crutch from underneath him before racially abusing O2 staff and throwing a drink over them.
Michael Cain, 31, of no fixed abode, started his attacks on Wednesday, April 20, at 10am when he came face to face with 16-year-old Elliott Heap, who was on the way to a GCSE revision class at Liverpool Life Sciences. Liverpool Crown Court heard how Cain approached the teenager and kicked one of his crutches, directed insulting comments towards him about his disability, and threatened violence.
Elliot's mum Sandra, 54, told the ECHO at the time of the incident: "He was just walking through on his way to UTC and this gentleman suddenly started shouting at him saying 'you don't need those crutches.' Elliot carried on walking and the gentleman then chased at him, kicked one of the crutches out of his hand and then flew at him.
