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Teen sentenced for smashing shop window and setting fire to toilets

Teen sentenced for smashing shop window and setting fire to toilets

Wednesday 17 April 2024

Teen sentenced for smashing shop window and setting fire to toilets

Wednesday 17 April 2024


A teenager who smashed a shop window by throwing a traffic cone through it, and started a fire in public toilets less than a week later, has been given a six-month probation order.

The child, who cannot be named due to his age, smashed the window of a town shop in the early hours – only days after a previous probation order had been imposed.

The Youth Court heard that he missed his first probation meeting later that morning because he had a hangover, having been drunk at the time of the incident.

Then, five days later, the youth started a fire by setting fire to paper in the toilets at Liberation Station.

Legal adviser Samantha Morris, prosecuting, said the fire had been "readily put out".

She added: "He has a number of offences on his record."

He admitted the charges of malicious damage and arson.

The Magistrate, Bridget Shaw, imposed the new probation order and told him: "You need to take some responsibility."

She also told his father to pay £150 towards the cost of repairing the window.

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