A TEENAGE boy was goaded into stabbing his mother’s abusive partner, a court heard.

A 16-year-old boy has been spared from being detained after admitting stabbing the victim in Basildon last year.

The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was called by his younger sister over fears that their mother’s partner would hurt her during a drunken rage.

Basildon Crown Court heard that the man was thrown out of the woman’s house, but goaded and “gesticulated” for the boy to attack him.

This led the teen to grab a kitchen knife, break free from his family and lunge at the man, before fleeing the scene.

The boy, aged 15 at the time, then handed himself into Basildon Police Station the following day.

Judge Samantha Leigh shared how on the morning of September 13, the man had been drinking and started hurling abuse at his partner after missing a call from his mother.

She said: “The argument moved downstairs.

“He raised his hand and the defendant’s sister who was standing on the stairs said ‘don’t hit my mum’.

“He carried on being abusive in the most appalling way saying she was a ‘fat s***’.

“She got him out of the house and threw some items of his back to him.”

The sister became concerned and called the teenager, saying he needed to come over, which he did, and when in the house, told the man to stop being abusive.

Judge Leigh continued: “He said ‘come out here big boy’.

“He took the decision he shouldn’t have made, went into the kitchen and picked up a knife, he then went outside and this aspect is on CCTV.

“The victim is outside, his father pulls up, he doesn’t get into the car when he could have.

“He gets a pole out and you can see him shouting to the teenager who comes out and has got the knife.

“We know he stabbed the victim in the back. In shock, he goes to a friend’s house.

“For someone who has never been in trouble before, he goes to the police station and hands himself in on his own.

“That’s taking responsibility that’s hardly seen in adults, let alone children.”

Mitigating, Paul Jackson said the boy had complied with a nine month curfew since the incident, and was determined to change his life and enrol in college, saying it was an “exceptional” case.

Judge Leigh gave the boy a two year youth rehabilitation order, with 30 days of rehabilitation.