Thug stabbed teenager who asked friend to take feet off bus seat Jailing him for four-and-a-half years, Judge John Price said: "You are 19 years old. When this offence was committed you were 17. You pleaded guilty to affray. Although I know you do not accept the verdict of the jury, they found you guilty of a section 18 wounding where you were responsible for one wound. The victim Mr Brown received three wounds. He was on his way to work at the time. He came and sat at the back of the bus. Mr Alhusain Ali had his feet on the seat and he asked him to remove them so he could sit down. Within seconds, you got up, you went over to Mr Brown, a totally innocent man and you begin attacking him. The others join in and Mr Brown comes away with three stab wounds on his torso. It would have been so much more serious but he was wearing a thick puffa jacket that protected him. If he had not been wearing that it could have been so much worse. Judge Price said he accepted Chehalfi had not reoffended since being bailed in December 2010 and had tried to turn his life around by becoming a personal trainer. He added: "Mr Brown says he can no longer go on buses and said he is anxious when in the company of strange people. This is a wholly innocent young boy just trying to get to work, which is an aggravating feature. It was a joint attack with you and three others and he was stabbed three times. A weapon was used and it was in public. This involved a man who had done nothing whatsoever to encourage this violence. I think the appropriate sentence in this case is four and a half years in a young offenders institution, which then moves into a prison when you turn 21.