Woman handed suspended sentence for paddleboard assault on boy in Bristol

Campaigners had said initial police response was poor because of boy's race

A white woman who struck a 12-year-old black boy on the forehead with a large paddle at a Bristol riverside park, leaving him permanently scarred, has been given a suspended jail sentence.

The police were strongly criticised over the attack by Fay Johnson on Antwon Forrest, because she was initially not prosecuted after claiming she acted in self-defence and felt threatened" by the youngster.