Prolific criminal with 30 previous convictions hospitalised 15-year-old boy

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A prolific offender hospitalised a teenage boy who had been 'following' him, a court heard. Lee O'Shea hit the 15-year-old boy in the head with a "stick" or "bar", prosecution barrister Zahra Baqri told Bolton Crown Court.

O'Shea, who was aged 31 at the time of the assault, then carried on hitting the victim after he curled into a ball to protect himself.

He has now been jailed for more than two years after admitting to the attack and a number of other offences between April 2019 and May of this year. READ MORE : Man tried to leave the country after 'beating' pregnant wife in row over holiday Ms Baqri said that the victim "rightly or wrongly" believed that O'Shea, of Wigan, had burgled his grandma's house.

Along with a group of friends, he then followed O'Shea. After noticing them, O'Shea chased after the group and shouted: "I’m going to get you.