Police quiz boy aged 13, over assault with deadly marshmallow

Police quizzed a boy of 13 over an "assault" on another pupil - with a marshmallow. Officers swooped on Nathan Watch's school in Torpoint, Cornwall, after a sweet thrown by larking kids hit the boy.

Nathan's dad Nigel called the probe "pathetic". He told how he was called by the school to tell him his son was being accused of "common assault" - and would be quizzed as it had become a "police matter". Nigel, 45, said: "I asked if anyone had been injured and they said no, as the assault had been carried out by a single pink marshmallow.



"Witness statements were taken from a number of pupils who had to be taken out of class. And Nathan was brought home in a police car. Unbelievable. You'd think the police would have better things to do with their time than investigate something as trivial as this." Nathan was larking about with pals on his way to Torpoint Community College, Cornwall, when one threw a marshmallow that hit a fellow pupil.

The pupil rang his parents to complain. And they called the school and police. Devon and Cornwall Police sent a sergeant and PC to the school - even though the cash-strapped force is struggling to maintain a proper service. A police spokesman said an "incident" took place near the school. He added: "Further inquiries are being made."