Local Schoolboy Vandalizes Several Parked Cars

nam · 20 May 2016 at 18:00

Dis86 said:
Watching this one intently for updates!

Arthur Hucksake · 20 May 2016 at 22:41

I would carry the little **** to his home by his face and demand cash for the troubles from his parents.
This country is far too civilised when it comes to scumbags.

muon · 20 May 2016 at 23:45

What can the school do exactly? What jurisdiction do they have?

Surely it is down to the police.

d_brennen · 20 May 2016 at 23:59

muon said:
What can the school do exactly? What jurisdiction do they have?

Surely it is down to the police.

You'd be surprised how seriously they take this kind of thing, especially when the kids are in uniform.

You'll probably have more joy via the school than the plod, the school will almost certainly want to follow up especially as a knife is involved

thenewoc · 21 May 2016 at 00:02

Hopefully the parents are decent and will do the right thing in covering the costs at the very least. Follow up with police to see if they've taken it up with the school, plus make a visit to the school to see the head. Get a couple of quotes from reputable garages / main dealer so you're armed with the cost. I guess the school will put the parents in touch with you, maybe chair a meeting at the school and you'll find out what they're like, either embarrassed and eager to receive some quotes for the work or a deadly silence. If the latter I'd put it through the small claims court and if necessary you'll have to pay initially to send in the bailiffs to enforce the judgement.

zegna · 21 May 2016 at 00:11

Calm down keyboard warriors

Can't blame the child, he probably doesn't know better

He should be told off, and your insurance should repair the damage

thenewoc · 21 May 2016 at 00:15

Haha really, why should the owner have to foot the bill for excess and increased premiums. If the parents were any good they'd be selling the little ***** luxury goods off as we speak.

zegna · 21 May 2016 at 00:19

thenewoc said:
Haha really, why should the owner have to foot the bill for excess and increased premiums. If the parents were any good they'd be selling the little ***** luxury goods off as we speak.

The insurance premiums in London account for these risks. It's one of the joys of living in a high density city with rich and poor living in close proximity.

This wasn't carried out by some teenage scrot with his mates.. what happened to childhood innocence?

thenewoc · 21 May 2016 at 00:26

zegna said:
The insurance premiums in London account for these risks. It's one of the joys of living in a high density city with rich and poor living in close proximity.

This wasn't carried out by some teenage scrot with his mates.. what happened to childhood innocence?

Doesn't sound like you know what premiums are. The parents can pay and not pass the cost on to their child if they really want to cocoon them in that childhood innocence bs. Either way the car owner shouldn't be footing the bill.

Kaka · 21 May 2016 at 00:34

The school will refer this to the police. It's unlikely the school will cover the cost of the damage (especially not on school grounds) so your recourse would be either the child's parents or your insurance.

cadmunkey · 21 May 2016 at 00:36

Zegna, keyed plenty of cars in his past. Childhood innocence? You're having a laugh mate.

grudas · 21 May 2016 at 00:38

zegna said:
The insurance premiums in London account for these risks. It's one of the joys of living in a high density city with rich and poor living in close proximity.

This wasn't carried out by some teenage scrot with his mates.. what happened to childhood innocence?

Really? Go add a no fault claim on your insurance, see what happens to the prices

zegna · 21 May 2016 at 00:57

thenewoc said:
Doesn't sound like you know what premiums are. The parents can pay and not pass the cost on to their child if they really want to cocoon them in that childhood innocence bs. Either way the car owner shouldn't be footing the bill.

cadmunkey said:
Zegna, keyed plenty of cars in his past. Childhood innocence? You're having a laugh mate.

grudas said:
Really? Go add a no fault claim on your insurance, see what happens to the prices

I live in Zone 1 and insure a Porsche. I'm fully aware of the premiums in London, thanks. The parents should absorb and pay the costs, if they are legally required to.

No, I didn't "key plenty of cars' in my past. Thanks for the moronic assertion; I went to public school.

I have fully comprehensive insurance, what's your point bud?

Borealis · 21 May 2016 at 01:10

Well, the OP already has an appointment to see the headteacher on Monday. The police are already aware of the issue and I'd be surprised if they don't pursue it. It looks like the OP probably has better quality footage than the usual fuzzy CCTV images you get.

It's not the school's problem other than one of their pupils has caused criminal damage wearing their unform. All the school can do is identify the pupil and inform the police of the issue.

As for not knowing any better...really? There is absolutely no reason for anyone to be walking around with a knife in public.

ADT · 21 May 2016 at 01:30

Zegna is that your child?

Why should OP claim on his insurance? It's not his fault this child was not taught not to teach other people's property.

zegna · 21 May 2016 at 01:47

ADT said:
Zegna is that your child?

Why should OP claim on his insurance? It's not his fault this child was not taught not to teach other people's property.

No, that is not my child :confused:

Was that a bad joke?

London is a high risk area. We pay almost 2X the premiums compared to the regions.

This guy (OP) has witnessed a child causing damage to multiple cars, so it's not personal. He clearly isn't discriminating against the OP. Yes, he's wrong, but it doesn't mean that he should be subjected to the frankly disgusting actions that have been mentioned in this tread.

grudas · 21 May 2016 at 02:07

Those disgusting actions are just empty talk

azibux1 · 21 May 2016 at 02:08

zegna said:
he probably doesn't know better

zegna said:
Yes, he's wrong

It's pretty much common sense you don't vandalise other peoples property for no apparent reason (even if you have a reason, it is still wrong)

You don't need to 'know better'... you just need to think for approximately 1 second before thinking "Hmm yeah, shouldn't be doing this"

Yes some of the responses here at OTT, but the child should be punished in some way for causing such an amount of damage to multiple cars

ADT · 21 May 2016 at 02:15

What's that got to do with anything, they're merely internet threats and I haven't suggested any disgusting actions?

The point is if this child was brought up properly, this wouldn't have happened. But until then, that child is the parents' responsibility. They can enjoy paying for their negligence.

andi · 21 May 2016 at 02:37

From real world experience, I wouldn't hold out hope for getting your money back, and I wouldn't expect the child to be arrested. PACE Code G means there needs to be a real necessity to deal with someone in custody, and it's doubley difficult with a child. Custody sergeants don't want them in there.

Freefaller said:
Thanks for the edification. However, I have in the past been asked if I wanted to pursue prosecution (in this country) and I said no. So they let it go. So just basing it on my experience. Perhaps I got the wording wrong. But a pet peeve... really?

I've no doubt you have, I've heard officers use that phrase. For a lot of things without the victims support it will be dropped, but the decision lies with the police or cps, not the victim.

And yes, if you hear it as much as I do, it starts to grate

Always surprises people when they get summonsed, even though they "dropped the charges"