Teen slashed man across face in horror razor blade attack

NewsLatest Wales NewsCourtsBradley Burling was 19 when he carried out the attack04:13, 30 Aug 2026A man slashed a fellow prison inmate across the face with a homemade weapon "designed to cause serious and permanent injury", a court has heard.‌Bradley Burling's barrister said the teenager had been given the weapon – a toothbrush handle fitted with two razor blades – by other inmates and threatened with violence unless he carried out the attack. He also said violence was a "daily feature of life" in the prison.‌The defendant has been sentenced at Caernarfon Crown Court to five years detention in a young offenders institution.‌David Mainstone, prosecuting, told the court the incident took place in August last year at HMP Berwyn in Wrexham where the defendant and complainant were both inmates.