Drug dealer jailed after slashing teen 'to the bone' with knife in mistaken identity attack

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A 19-year-old has been jailed for 45-months after attacking a schoolboy with a "Rambo" knife, slashing him "to the bone" after mistaking him for a member of an adversary drug gang.Fletcher Darnell, a convicted drug dealer residing on Calvert Drive, Basildon, Essex pursued the 15-year-old victim through Southend before striking him with the blade, cutting through to the bone of his elbow.The teenager required several days of hospital treatment after the assault, according to reports by the Basildon Echo.Sentencing Darnell at Basildon Crown Court on Thursday, Judge Samantha Cohen told him: "You were embroiled in the thick of a criminal, gangster lifestyle.

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You regularly carried weapons." TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The judge remarked that Darnell could easily have struck a different part of the boy's body, potentially inflicting far more serious harm.The court heard the attack occurred one evening in January 2024, when Darnell was a passenger in a vehicle that stopped beside the...

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