Eye for an eye

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuter): A Florida teenager who threw a chunk of concrete through a car windscreen and partially blinded a German tourist has been ordered to wear an eye patch during his one-year jail term to understand how blindness feels.

Court officials said Orange County Circuit Judge Cynthia Mackinnon on Wednesday ordered Zakee Chambers, 15, to wear the patch during his waking hours to understand the repercussions of his attack last year against Andrea Hartmann.

"I think it's important for you to understand what this lady has gone through and will continue to go through for the rest of her life," the judge told Chambers.