Monument Gardens, Lewisham, stabbing victim found by mothers bleeding in street

12:48pm Thursday 25th October 2012 in News By Sarah Trotter

The concrete sports pitch where the stabbing of a 16-year-old boy is believed to have happened The concrete sports pitch where the stabbing of a 16-year-old boy is believed to have happened

TWO mothers found a teenager bleeding from his mouth, leg and arm after he was stabbed repeatedly in Monument Gardens last night (October 24).

The 16-year-old was discovered by neighbours lying on a car bonnet with a trail of blood leading to him after he fled his attackers.

Pauline Linton and Pauline Clarke, who live in Monument Gardens, rang ambulance crews around 5.30pm and spoke with the boy until they arrived.

Ms Linton said: “We ran out looking for him. He must have run and ended up on the top of a bonnet.

“There was blood coming from his mouth, his left leg and arm but we just spoke to him till the ambulance came.

“We were traumatized after.

“We were guardian angels.”

The estate was cordoned off by police and the incident is believed to have taken place in a concrete sports pitch – known locally as “the pen” – which is around 300m from where the boy was found.

Pauline Clarke said: “We were really upset.

“He ran. There was blood all from the pen to the [car].”

The 57-year-old says there needs to be more youth clubs to keep young people busy and she worries for the future of her three grandchildren.

Lamayta Alveranga, whose house backs onto the pitch, says groups of teenagers hang out there and young children are scared to play.

She said: “It is meant for young children from the flats but children are not playing there – they are probably scared.

“My first thought was the council should really close that pen down because it is a place where they gather and hang out. It isn’t doing no good.”

Ms Alveranga says footballs get kicked into her garden and one teenager broke her fist climbing her fence in a rush.

She said: “Even I get nervous. Not a good attitude and now look what happens.

‘I told my grandchildren to stay away for a while.

“It isn’t a bad estate – most of us are shaken to see it’s happened - but something needs to be done.”

A spokeswoman from Lewisham police said: “Officers and the London Ambulance Service attended and discovered a 16 -year-old boy suffering from stab wounds to his arm and thigh.

“He was taken to a south London hospital where he remains in a stable condition."

She added: "His injuries are not life threatening.”

No arrests have been made and police are investigating.

Comments(15)

Lukeyboy says...
12:58pm Thu 25 Oct 12

zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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longshanks2 says...
1:23pm Thu 25 Oct 12

Where have i seen these like this before?

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mouthalmighty says...
2:06pm Thu 25 Oct 12

The boy must have been frightened to death. Do not assume it is gang related. My nephew was chased and managed to escape, and is not nor has he ever been a gang member. That reason Maybe is probably why he was chased like that.

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toffeeapple says...
2:06pm Thu 25 Oct 12

Humblebrag much?

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PaulErith says...
2:32pm Thu 25 Oct 12

Couple of things really. Firstly, lets home the boy is ok. If he's a gang member then I guess 'you live and die by the sword', but he could just be a random victim.

Secondly, I hate the quote, "The 57-year-old says there needs to be more youth clubs to keep young people busy and she worries for the future of her three grandchildren.". This is complete rubbish. There's this misconception that there's less to do now than there used to be. When I was growing up as a teenager I never went yo youth clubs. My friends and I used to go to the park and play football or cricket. We'd meet up with other groups of kids and all have a good time. We didn't go round stabbing people or vandalising things, nor did we feel in danger from other groups.

Thirdly, lets not forget that according to the stats the other day, crime's at it's lowest for 30 years!! Yeah right!

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ksc says...
2:40pm Thu 25 Oct 12

Lukeyboy's comment of "zzzzzzzzzzz" shows you exactly what the general attitude towards violence such as mugging or stabbing is,"it bores me" sure it does, I wonder if that was a parent, brother, sister or you being stabbed Lukeyboy, would it still bore you? You don't have to fake interest, but why not try a very old fashioned concept we used to have when I was a teenager...respect, the kid could have died, and staying awake is your biggest problem. No wonder the latest craze for young people today is execution.

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Lukeyboy says...
3:12pm Thu 25 Oct 12

Hold your horses ksc. My "zzzzzzzzzz" comment merely implied that i was tired of reading about another stabbing in the area. It appears to be a daily occurence. I do not wish any ill feeling to the poor kid - i hope he pulls through. When will it all stop ksc?

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ksc says...
3:28pm Thu 25 Oct 12

Lukeyboy wrote:
Hold your horses ksc. My "zzzzzzzzzz" comment merely implied that i was tired of reading about another stabbing in the area. It appears to be a daily occurence. I do not wish any ill feeling to the poor kid - i hope he pulls through. When will it all stop ksc?
My apologies Lukeyboy I seemed to have got the wrong end of the stick.

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Lukeyboy says...
3:31pm Thu 25 Oct 12

I did write you a response ksc but its been taken down for some reason. I was going to write another but then my eyelids starting feeling heavy and before I knew it I wa.....zzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Lukeyboy says...
3:32pm Thu 25 Oct 12

Aha its back up again now! thanks ksc, no hard feelings.

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PaulErith says...
3:34pm Thu 25 Oct 12

Lukeyboy wrote:
Hold your horses ksc. My "zzzzzzzzzz" comment merely implied that i was tired of reading about another stabbing in the area. It appears to be a daily occurence. I do not wish any ill feeling to the poor kid - i hope he pulls through. When will it all stop ksc?
Agree, it shows how bad it's got. Unless it's literally on my doorstep or someone that I know, I'm not that shocked any more. That's a terrible thing. When I was a teenager, Stephen Lawrence got killed and just before him another young lad from my school got killed in Eltham. It didn't get the same headlines, but I still remember both vividly and remember how shocked I was. I'd never heard of anyone being stabbed in the area before.

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Tonic says...
6:08pm Thu 25 Oct 12

Bad grammar alert:
Surely the mothers weren't bleeding in the street? Please amend the headline to "stabbing victim found bleeding in the street by mothers".

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It's Me again ! says...
6:33pm Thu 25 Oct 12

Tonic wrote:
Bad grammar alert:
Surely the mothers weren't bleeding in the street? Please amend the headline to "stabbing victim found bleeding in the street by mothers".
Was just about to say the same thing.

Come on NS, get your act together !

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ron.1952 says...
7:31pm Thu 25 Oct 12

Well I think that proves the first few commenters right, a young man stabbed, mothers in shock and you two pedantic fools concerned with grammar.

There's a time and place for everything please.

Ron

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mouthalmighty says...
12:19pm Fri 26 Oct 12

I agree ron1952. Let's get some prospective here. This young lad will probably never leave his home again. Snd justxsnotger thing. There are already lots of kids afraid to leave their homes, and only occasionally go to school.

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