Christian teenager strapped to crucifix and burnt with lit aerosol can by work colleagues

A church-going teenager was “crucified” by four workmates in a catalogue of bullying which included being attacked with a lit aerosol because of his religious beliefs, a court heard.

Four men are on trial accused of religiously aggravated attacks on their work colleague, which they allegedly dismissed as “banter”.

They are said to have allegedly mocked his Christian faith by tying him to a “crucifix” and having crosses daubed over his face and body.

Andrew Addison, 30, Joseph Rose, 21, Christopher Jackson, 22, and Alex Puchir, 37, allegedly carried out a sustained campaign of bullying against a teenage boy between July 2014 and April 2015.

In other incidents, the victim, now 18, was allegedly tied to a chair with duct tape and had a dummy forced into his mouth before being paraded out into the street and was also given a “wedgie” by Addision which gave him cuts and bruises to his backside.

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