http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/l...re/7316601.stm
....and guess what? Yep, apparently some of those involved had been prosecuted for an earlier violent attack and been given a 6 month community sentence.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....h_baseball_bat
As for the parents of these thugs - well one mother thought it approporiate to smirk and snigger in court and during police interviews of her son.
It beggars belief doesn't it!