A TEENAGER who trashed a privately-rented house and left the owner with a £20,000 bill walked free from court without having to pay a penny in compensation yesterday.
Judge Howard Crowson told Lee Davis – who has not worked since he left school – that he wanted to make him foot the bill but it was impossible because he has no money.
The move angered the home’s owner, Glenn Schofield, who last night told The Northern Echo: “That’s justice for you. I believe the punishment should fit the crime.”
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