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Asylum Seeker Sentenced to Two Years for School Weapon Attack

7/29/2026

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Both Douk Deng, asylum seeker, was sentenced to two years after bringing a hatchet, hammer, a kitchen knife and a petrol can to Edgar Wood Academy on August 8, 2023.
He pleaded guilty to seven offences, two counts of possessing offensive weapons and criminal damage.
Judge Bernadette Baxter ordered half term in custody and the rest on licence, noting she could not compel Home Office to act on his asylum status.

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Both Douk Deng, asylum seeker, was sentenced to two years after bringing a hatchet, hammer, a kitchen knife and a petrol can to Edgar Wood Academy on August 8, 2023.
He pleaded guilty to seven offences, two counts of possessing offensive weapons and criminal damage.
Judge Bernadette Baxter ordered half term in custody and the rest on licence, noting she could not compel Home Office to act on his asylum status.