bloodrayne
06-26-2005, 01:56 AM
Teenager Drugged And Tortured By Mates
Australia- A teenager told last night how he was drugged by "mates", then burnt with a red-hot spoon until his skin melted.
Ashley Irvine, 17, said he woke up in excruciating pain.
He is horrified at what the five teenagers did to him.
"Mates don't drug you, then sit back and watch as an acquaintance melts your skin while you are unconscious," he told the Northern Territory News.
"They said they got bored and were trying to get a reaction out of me.
"But they didn't get a reaction because I couldn't feel anything because they drugged me."
The teens pressed a piping-hot tablespoon against his legs several times and burnt "smilies" across his body with a lighter.
They also cut his hair and shaved his legs and eyebrow.
"I was pretty upset - these were people I considered to be my friends so it was a pretty low act," Ashley said.
"I didn't mind having my eyebrow or legs shaved - they grow back. But they took it too far.
"When it happened I felt like hitting them but now I just don't want to see them again."
Parents Naomi and Brad Irvine, of Parap, Darwin, are incensed their son's former friends could be so "gutless".
"It doesn't matter that only one of them burnt Ashley with the tablespoon - the others all sat there and watched and didn't do anything about it," Ms Irvine said.
"What they did is bordering on torture and I was horrified that no one came forward to defend him.
"Most of these so-called friends have been to our home on many occasions.
"Because of them my son has had a week of excruciating pain and constant re-dressing of wounds, which when healed will form scars that will be with him forever.
"Kids need to be aware that it's not only strangers you have to be wary of - it could also be someone who is supposedly a friend who causes you harm."
Ashley has decided not to press charges against the five teenagers because it is his word against theirs and he wants to put the episode behind him.
Australia- A teenager told last night how he was drugged by "mates", then burnt with a red-hot spoon until his skin melted.
Ashley Irvine, 17, said he woke up in excruciating pain.
He is horrified at what the five teenagers did to him.
"Mates don't drug you, then sit back and watch as an acquaintance melts your skin while you are unconscious," he told the Northern Territory News.
"They said they got bored and were trying to get a reaction out of me.
"But they didn't get a reaction because I couldn't feel anything because they drugged me."
The teens pressed a piping-hot tablespoon against his legs several times and burnt "smilies" across his body with a lighter.
They also cut his hair and shaved his legs and eyebrow.
"I was pretty upset - these were people I considered to be my friends so it was a pretty low act," Ashley said.
"I didn't mind having my eyebrow or legs shaved - they grow back. But they took it too far.
"When it happened I felt like hitting them but now I just don't want to see them again."
Parents Naomi and Brad Irvine, of Parap, Darwin, are incensed their son's former friends could be so "gutless".
"It doesn't matter that only one of them burnt Ashley with the tablespoon - the others all sat there and watched and didn't do anything about it," Ms Irvine said.
"What they did is bordering on torture and I was horrified that no one came forward to defend him.
"Most of these so-called friends have been to our home on many occasions.
"Because of them my son has had a week of excruciating pain and constant re-dressing of wounds, which when healed will form scars that will be with him forever.
"Kids need to be aware that it's not only strangers you have to be wary of - it could also be someone who is supposedly a friend who causes you harm."
Ashley has decided not to press charges against the five teenagers because it is his word against theirs and he wants to put the episode behind him.