Boy, 13, avoids custody after four sexual assaults in Telford

Teenager who attacked woman and three girls on walk home from school to be sent to therapeutic unit for at least 18 months

A 13-year-old boy who carried out sexual attacks on a woman and three teenage girls as he walked home in his school uniform has avoided a custodial sentence but will be sent to a specialist therapeutic unit for at least 18 months.

A judge told Shrewsbury crown court on Friday he had absolutely no idea" why the boy attacked a 16-year-old, two 17-year-olds and a woman in her 30s in four separate incidents in Telford, Shropshire.