Colchester Magdalen Street stabbing sees teen jailed

Zac Henry, of Waddelow Road, Cambridge, carried out the vicious assault in a property in Magdalen Street, Colchester, last March.

The court heard how Henry's victim, who had blood pouring from his chest, stumbled out onto the street in front of an oncoming bus after the attack.

Henry, 18, admitted wounding without intent and two counts of possessing Class A drug with intent, and one charge of possessing cannabis.

Jailed - Zac Henry will serve half his 28 month sentence (Image: Essex Police)

The court heard how, on March 31 last year, Henry carried out the stabbing while on bail for drugs offences he had committed in Cambridge.

In Colchester, Henry, alongside two others, assaulted their victim who, according to Judge Martyn Levett, “walked straight into the path of an oncoming bus”.

Judge Levett continued: “You need to change your ways because, either way, it doesn’t matter if you stabbed your victim - you planned to go to the scene knowing people had blades.”

He continued: “Your victim had two stab wounds – one to his chest and another to his arm, through and through.

“I can only imagine it was a revenge attack for drug dealing.

“Had you been an adult, this sentence would have been a lot greater.”

However, Judge Levett told the court how he took into account Henry’s nomadic existence living in various caravans with his drug-addict mother, and having to cope with the murder of his father.

Judge Levett also mentioned the abuse Henry had suffered at the hands of his step-father.

He continued: “By moving around from caravan to caravan with your mother serves to prove a point you will get yourself into more difficulties.

“In my days, I was old enough to take up driving, get a degree, work in a factory – I did all those things and there’s no reason why you can’t buck your ideas up and do the same thing.”

Cordon - a police cordon was in place from the evening of Friday, March 31 (Image: Newsquest)

Henry was sentenced to 18 months for the drugs charges and ten months for wounding without intent, though he will serve half that term.

Judge Levett concluded by telling Henry he needed to have a job lined up for when he left prison.

He said, “Well, you need to get someone to find you a job” to which the defendant replied, “I’ve got a job to go to”.

Judge Levett then told the defendant: “It’s a Monday – everyone tells me they’ve got a job to go to.

“Just make sure you have.”