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A 'one-boy wave of terror' who has stolen cars, committed arson and terrorised residents is being given free acupuncture in a bid to stop his behaviour.


Sonny Grainger, 14, is notorious in his Hull, East Yorkshire, neighbourhood for smashing windows, attacking passsers-by with sticks, stones and bottles and was just 12 when he was given an Asbo.

He has already been expelled from three schools.

Now the Hull Youth Justice Service has agreed to pay for a course of 45-minute acupuncture sessions costing around £40 each to try to calm him down.

Hull Youth Justice Service has agreed to pay for a course of 45-minute acupuncture sessions costing around £40 each to try to calm him down

Hull Youth Justice Service has agreed to pay for a course of 45-minute acupuncture sessions costing around £40 each to try to calm him down

His mother, Nadine West, 40, says the holistic approach is showing signs of working, but admits he remains a menace to neighbours and passers-by - and has urged police to be tougher on her son.

She said: 'Sonny loves the acupuncture. He is definitely a lot calmer when he walks out after the sessions, but he is still a menace.

'His school agreed to only have him for three days a week but that was not good enough for Sonny.

'He only needs to attend school on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. They have been absolutely fantastic. But he won't go to school now. He has not been since February.

'He spends his days hanging out with his friends or playing his computer. I am really worried I will end up getting prosecuted, but he just won't go to school. What more can I do?'

Last November, Sonny breached his Asbo when he was caught with cannabis on the school premises and assaulted another pupil.

His mother believes her family is not being given adequate help and accuses the authorities of biding their time before they throw her son in jail.

She said: 'Giving him another Asbo when this runs out is not the answer. I honestly believe now it is only a matter of time before he is locked up and they will just throw away the key. Sonny has to learn to meet people halfway, but he is just not interested.

'I would love it if the police could make him attend some kind of boot camp. He might stand a chance.'

Nadine previously claimed Sonny's misbehaviour was down to him suffering from a Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), meaning he does the opposite of what he is told.

He has visited a child psychologist and took tablets in a bid to sedate him in the evenings with little success.

His crime sheet includes stealing cars and motorbikes, starting fires on his estate and even smashing the windows in his own home when his mother tried to tell him off.

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'He spends his days hanging out with his friends or playing his computer. I am really worried I will end up getting prosecuted, but he just won't go to school. What more can I do?'

'I would love it if the police could make him attend some kind of boot camp. He might stand a chance.'

Nadine previously claimed Sonny's misbehaviour was down to him suffering from a Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), meaning he does the opposite of what he is told.

rubato wrote: Just as a casual aside, is there any goddamn evidence at all that acupuncture has the slightest effect on behavior?

rubato wrote:

Just as a casual aside, is there any goddamn evidence at all that acupuncture has the slightest effect on behavior?



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rubato

SisterMaryFellatio wrote:What a crock! He dosn't need acupuncture that kid needs a tanned arse and needs to be be made aware of consequences. The kids having the life of Reilly...... no school.....never understood that punishment even when I was suspended thought it was fab.

Give the kid a damn good smack, take away his playstation, wii, tv etc. Anything he enjoys. Strip the bastards bedroom until all he has are books and a bed. Ground him for a coupla months, in bed by 7pm every night, stop feeding the fucker junk food. Make the little fucker do chores for the neighbours until he can return to school.


*Gets down off soap box*

Sonny Grainger . . . . was just 12 when he was given an Asbo

Too many idiots these days are more interested in being friends with their kids and making their kids happy 24/7.