Probably not the first time something like this has happened but the first time it ever got to court.
And that's NOT a sign that Western society is fucked. If anything it's a mark of civilization for a legal system to be able to tackle something as elementally heavy and nasty as this and consider an appropriate response.
In ages past, this kid would have either been locked in Bedlam Asylum or quietly disposed of. If he'd been upper class, the scandal would have been swept under the rug and he'd be encouraged to work out his "issues" with the dirty proles instead of old mum.
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