THIS WEEK IN 1991: Schoolboy, 13, almost killed his pal

A schoolboy was sent to a secure care unit after a court heard how he almost killed his friend in a game of Ghostbusters.

Winchester Crown Court was told that the Portsmouth boy, aged 13, was at home alone with his seven-year-old playmate when he grabbed him in a stranglehold and held on as the youngster turned purple.

He then undressed the youngster and dragged his near-lifeless body onto a balcony, telling police later that he had intended ‘to get rid of the body.’