TV Raid CopycatA masked schoolboy held up a Chinese takeaway to copy raiders on television’s Crimewatch UK, a court heard yesterday. “I just wanted to be chased like the villains on the telly,” said the 13-year-old. Nicholas Gareth Jones, prosecuting, said the youngster terrified the takeaway staff with a fake gun. The boy, Of Rumney, South Glamorgan, was found guilty of attempted robbery by a juvenile court. Yesterday he appealed against the conviction at Cardiff Crown Court. “I told the woman it was just a toy gun,” he said. “I wouldn’t have taken any money.” But Judge John Rutter increased his sentence from 12 to 24 hours at an attendance centre. 1. A copycat crime is one where the criminal copies another crime. In this case, the boy copied a crime he had seen on Crimewatch UK, a TV programme that shows crimes re-enacted by actors and asks witness to the real crimes to give information about them to the police. Villain is an informal word for … and telly is an informal word for …. 2. Which two words indicate that the gun used in the robbery was not real? 3. From the boy’s point of view, what were the extenuating circumstances? 4. Did the judge q… the conviction? No, he d… the appeal and increased the sentence, perhaps because he thought the original sentence was too l…. Text D
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