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May 3, 2014
It’s taken almost two years, but the case involving the teens who beat up a man because they were bored is finally over.
Thursday morning, a judge sentenced the final 16-year-old — convicted in the beating of Pat Mahaney in North College Hill — to probation and mental health treatment.
Judge Sylvia Hendon said the teen was the least culpable in the attack.
Officials said six teenagers beat Mahaney in August 2012 until he lost consciousness and then continued until a neighbor called police.
“This was a horrible, horrible, brutal, hideous incident,” Hendon said.
Mahaney died 11 months later from causes unrelated to the attack.
The teen didn’t respond to Hendon’s questions in court.
“Hello, out there?” Hendon asked as she waved at the teen after he didn’t answer her question.
The teen eventually told the judge he participated in the attack of his own free will, that no one forced him to join in and that he was not afraid of being labeled an outcast or sissy if he refused. He has no prior juvenile record.
The teens involved have been sentenced to a variety of punishments because the case has been handled by two different judges.
The first two teenagers got probation, had to write a book report and serve 10 days on a work detail.
The next teen had to undergo a year of mental health treatment.
Two other teens had to complete a nine-month disciplinary program.
“This court is supposed to rehabilitate children, not break them,” Hendon said.
The teen has been on electronic monitoring for about 18 months as he was home-schooled throughout the case.
The teen apologized to Mahaney’s family, but Mahaney’s brother said he wasn’t buying it.
“No, I didn’t think it was heartfelt. The grandmother, I do. But, him? He wasn’t saying anything to anybody, not even the judge,” Michael Mahaney said. “Pat’s last year was hell on earth.”
The teen’s grandmother said they would be moving and her grandson would be starting in a new school. He will also receive a court-appointed mentor.
“I hope he does get a job and gets his life turned around. I think out of all of them, he does have hope,” Michael Mahaney said.
