Sunday 30 September 2007

RIBBLETON/Preston:: Bus fire yob caught on camera


Bus fire yob caught on camera


A teenage thug who launched an arson attack on a Lancashire bus was caught on camera.

The vandal and four other yobs were recorded placing their feet on the seats of the Longridge to Preston service before he torched seats on the Stagecoach double decker, causing £300 damage.

The group boarded the late bus on Berry Lane, Longridge, at 11.20pm on August 28 and got off the bus on Ribbleton Hall Drive, Ribbleton, Preston.

However, the vandal did not realise had been recorded by a hidden CCTV camera and was arrested and charged with criminal damage.

Rick Wilson, Lancashire's Safer Travel Unit manager, said: "There are thousands of CCTV cameras on Lancashire buses and our drivers are amongst the very best in the country at reporting such incidents. This should send out a very clear message to those who choose to become involved in such acts. "

The youth pleaded guilty to the offence at Preston Youth Court. He was sentenced to 24 hours in an attendance centre and must pay £100 compensation and £30 costs.

http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Bus-fire-yob-caught-on.3217228.jp

1 comment:

Neil Jackson said...

£300 in damage and the jobless, useless gormless slob pays out £100? The idiots who run the legal system can't add up. These legal-types should be made to have half-way houses beside their mansions, that way, they might think twice about reintroducing shite onto the streets.