After an egg prank went seriously wrong A Sunderland man has been forced to pay £1,000 in criminal injury compensation to a schoolgirl.
Jay Gomes, 18, of Grindon Gardens, had purchased a carton of eggs with the sole intention of throwing them at passers by as he drove around Sunderland’s streets.
Unfortunately, one of his victims, a thirteen year old schoolgirl, who could not be named due to legal reasons, was hit in the eye with such force that her vision is now seriously impaired.
Newcastle Crown Court was told that the girl was walking along with friends when she felt the sudden impact of the egg, which appeared to be thrown from an approaching car.
After the incident, she required hospital treatment to remove fragments of egg shell from her eye and was told that her vision would be permanently affected. The teenager is now frightened of going out in case something similar happens to her again.
Pleading guilty to a charge of causing actual bodily harm, Gomes was sentenced to thirty six weeks in prison, which was suspended for two years.
He was also ordered to complete two hundred hours of unpaid work and was given a curfew between the hours of 7.30pm and 6am, which will last four months, he was also ordered to pay the girl £1,000 in criminal injury compensation.