Free, Shane's smiling attacker

Grinning from ear to ear, Tobias Davies walks free from court after admitting attacking tragic Bilston teenager Shane Owoo.

Davies, aged 21, was yesterday given a 12-month jail sentence for taking part in an attack which eventually led to the death of the 16-year-old.

But he was able to walk out of the front door of Birmingham Crown Court because he has already served more than half of that time on remand.

Yesterday Christopher Lewis and Marvin Walker were jailed for five-and-a-half years for manslaughter, but will be free in two years. Davies was part of a gang which attacked the youngster in the Boswell Road area of Bilston as punishment for stealing a bike.

Shane, of Addison Place, The Lunt, was then taken to the nearby Lunt Pool, forced to jump in and prevented from getting out by a yob armed with a stick.

Davies was initially charged with the manslaughter of the youngster, but that charge was dropped when he pleaded guilty to assault.

Today Ann Nightingale, who co-ordinates a neighbourhood safety group on The Lunt, said: "It's just sickening to think they'll be out in two years, it's a farce."

The court heard yesterday that Davies, of Frost Street, Ettingshall, is now planning to start a new life with his mother in Scotland.