A teenager who left a woman with an 8in gash after slashing her neck with a kitchen knife has avoided jail.

The 16-year-old was sentenced to a two-and-a-half year youth rehabilitation order with supervision after being convicted of grievous bodily harm, when he appeared at Inner London Crown Court on Monday, May 24.

He was ordered to pay £500 compensation to the victim and do 240 hours unpaid work.

He will also have to observe a curfew between 10pm and 7am for six months.

Lambeth police were called to Brailsford Road, near Brockwell Park, on June 6 last year, where the youth lived with his mother and sister.

Another person living at the address at the time was the 32-year-old female victim.

A Lambeth police spokesman said: “The youth returned to the address at 2am to find that his mother, sister and two friends were drinking alcohol in the front room. He became angry and verbally abusive towards them.

“The women decided to return to their rooms leaving the youth in the living room alone to calm down.

“However, he began smashing up the room and shouting threats.

“He stormed into the victim’s room and slashed her neck with a kitchen knife, causing a deep laceration.”

He was arrested four days later.

Trainee Detective Constable Chris Stewart, of Lambeth police, said: “Throughout this case the youth showed no remorse for his heinous act and he is extremely lucky to receive such a lenient sentence.”