THE 14-year-old suspect accused of shooting a boy in the face with a BB gun in a Highbridge park has been dealt with by means of restorative justice, police said today.

The teenager was called into Burnham police station yesterday and met his victim for face-to-face talks about the incident, in Apex Park on Saturday evening. Burnham Neighbourhood Police Insp Roger Tolley told the Weekly News: “They discussed the matter and the effects of what happened and what could have happened.

“It makes people recognise and understand what their actions could have caused.

“The victim’s mother asked for the suspect not to go through the courts system, so everybody was happy with this outcome.”

Insp Tolley said the BB gun was found not to belong teenage suspect and that his actions were not premeditated.

Insp Tolley added: “The matter was ended – the re-offending rates after restorative justice are extraordinarily low.”