A teenager was able to obtain police interviews with a victim of a savage assault. The 16-year-old boy also got hold of a police interview with a witness to the attack. He then posted the footage on Snapchat in a bid to intimidate them.
The astonishing breach of security was revealed during a trial of the teenager and seven others for violent disorder after an attack on a boy aged 17 in which machetes, knives, and an axe were used.
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