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Covingham Park, where the boy ran down his victim; inset: a McDonald s sign Pictures: GOOGLE/PIXABAY A BOY who ran down a 69-year-old woman in front of her two grandchildren then drove away laughing was branded “out of control” by a Swindon judge. The 14-year-old, who cannot be named as he is under 18, was sentenced to 18 months in custody for a string of violent offending dating back to November 2019. Sentencing the boy to the 18-month detention and training order, District Judge Joanna Dickens said: “Putting it in a nutshell, the problem that you’ve got is you’re out of control.