A 16-year-old boy stayed close to death after he was 'replaced' while he was chased on train tracks by a Hamerse-waving gang, a court heard.
The body of Ted Warne-Harvey 'smoked' after he stumbled on a living rail while desperately ran for his life from young people armed with metal posts and hammers.
In a terrifying attack on CCTV, the teenager was hit with a hammer just before he fell on the tracks near Westgate-on-Sea train station in Kent on 26 September 2021.
Mr. Warne-Harvey was left on the track with his body visibly 'smoking', heard jury members.
The violent crowd, some of whom were as young as 15, continued to attack the injured teenager before fled the scene. He was left before death until a heroic bystander rushed in to bring him to safety.
Two members of the group, Kaya Barratt and Harvey Kara, were later convicted of causing serious physical damage with intention.
Warne-Harvey was left with life-changing burns and needed three operations, including plastic surgery.
Two other criminals, Declan Stewart and James Odero, were also convicted last week after being accused of 'encouraging and helping' in the horror pursuit.
The body of Ted Warne-Harvey (photo) 'smoked' after he stumbled on a living rail while desperately ran to his life from young people armed with metal posts and hammers.
James Odero (photo) was accused last week of 'encouraging and assisting' in the horror pursuit
In a frightening attack on CCTV, the teenager was hit with a hammer just before he fell on the tracks near Westgate-on-Sea train station (depicted) in Kent
Stewart and Odero were respectively 16 and 17 years old at the time of the attack.
The process heard that Mr. Warne-Harvey had gone to the train station to sell his bike to another teenager.
When he arrived with his girlfriend, also 16, they were confronted with a gang, including a boy who wanted to 'buy' the bike, the court heard.
Kentonline reports that the court heard how two of the group, Barratt and Kara, were armed with the hammer and the pole respectively. Stewart and Odero belonged to those who chased Mr. Warne-Harvey in the station.
When the schoolboy realized that he could not go anywhere, he jumped on track.
Jury members heard that Barratt, still armed with a weapon, followed Mr. Warne-Harvey on track, stumbling and landed on a live rail.
At Canterbury Crown Court said public prosecutor Patrick Dennis: 'Ted was replaced. The images shows the smoke that starts from Ted as a result of falling on the tracks.
“And while he was replaced, Barratt hit him twice with the hammer.
“The strokes were not particularly difficult, that is honest to say, but the fact that he hit someone with a hammer because they were alerted is considerable.”
The teenager suffered an electric burning to the bone and was transferred to a specialist Bern unit.
Mr Dennis said the court that Odero and Stewart were just as responsible for the attack as their two co-feded, Barratt and Kara.
Last Wednesday, Stewart and Odero were both found guilty in connection with the Westgate incident of causing GBH, but were released from the more serious accusation of causing GBH with intention.
Stewart was also found guilty of violent disorder.
The couple was released on bail to the conviction on 28 April.
Barrat and Kara were convicted of individual youth procedures and received 20-month rehabilitation rehabilitation conceptions in August 20 months. They were placed on a four -month tagged evening clock and ordered to perform 270 hours of unpaid work.
Although they were 15 at the time of the Westgate attack, the anonymity order expires when the suspect turns 18.
The father of the victim, Stuart Harvey, 53, described his son as a very active boy who rides boxes on his bike and plays the drums.
The schoolboy was also struck in a hit-and-run incident while cycling Blean Hill, near Canterbury, a few months before the chase.
Harvey remembered how he received a phone call from his son “shouted the phone against me in pain and said he had been hit by a car.”
He added: 'It turned out to be two cars later. I was outside of myself.
“I expected that he would come home and the next thing I knew he asked me to come soon because he had hit.”
Harvey found his son vibrate on the street, with blood over his hands.
Both drivers had fled the scene and Mr. Warne-Harvey has not reminded himself of the cars involved.
The teenager was taken to the hospital with several fractures, ankle, lower leg, arm, wrist and hand.
His parents, Stuart and Laura Harvey, are desperate to see the drivers bring to court.
