Whittlesey man jailed for stabbing Deeping 17-year-old several times over 'drug debt'

A man attacked a teenager with a screwdriver after turning up at a house to enforce a drug debt, Lincoln Crown Court was told.

Gavin Boot, 25, of Sycamore Road, Whittlesey, went to the property in Deeping St James looking for a 19-year-old whom he claimed owed him hundreds of pounds.

The youth was not at the house but Boot went on to confront the lad’s mother and 17-year-old brother.

Phil Howes, prosecuting, said that Boot slapped the 17-year-old in the face and threatened him saying “I’m coming for my money. I’ll stop at no limits until its in. I want my money.”

Boot then produced a screwdriver and was punched in the face by the 17-year-old who believed he was about to be stabbed.

Mr Howes said “The boy gave him an upper cut. The defendant then stabbed at him several times.

“The mother saw the defendant striking the screwdriver into her son and tried to intervene and was caught by the screwdriver. Blood was dripping down the arm of the 17 year old and his T-shirt was torn.