Bikers rev up for Santa letter bully attack victim
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD schoolboy who was brutally attacked by bullies was given the surprise of a lifetime when 40 bikers turned up to support him.
Darren Stevenson was going to pick up milk for his mum when he was attacked, while also posting his letter to Santa Claus in a nearby postbox.
They poured lighter fluid on his go-kart and threw stones at him before splitting his head open with an electrical plug.
Darren, from Larkhall, South Lanarkshire, and his best friend Connor Torrance, also eight, have been subject to a relentless bullying campaign for months.
Connor’s mum, Kristina, 27, said the boys are used to doing everything together, from football to playing Xbox and Pokemon.
But now they are afraid to leave their homes for long periods.
According to Kristina there were at least half-a-dozen bullies that stopped Darren on his way to the shop, and some were teenagers.
After the attack on Darren, Kristina’s brother, Andrew Torrance, organised a support run from the group Bikes against Bullies.
Dozens of them descended on the sleepy estate to rally round the youngsters and send a clear message about bullying.
The boys were left star-struck as the bikers gathered round them to tell them how much they supported them.
Kristina said: “The boys were shocked, they loved it. They were expecting a few and it was 40 in the end. A lot of them told us their stories about how they got bullied and they didn’t have any support when they were youngsters.
“After the bikers left Darren actually asked if he could go out to play for the first time.”
Darren’s mum Laura Armstrong said she couldn’t thank the bikers enough and they sent a clear message that bullying was unacceptable.”