A teenager’s 10-month campaign of harassment and criminal damage on the trams led to 'more than 200 reports' to transport bosses.
The behaviour of just one 15-year-old single-handedly trebled the number of incidents recorded at Rochdale interchange compared to the previous year.
Tram bosses say they were even driven to hire an outside security firm to ‘reassure’ staff and passengers around the behaviour of the youth, whose rap sheet ranged from verbal abuse and harassment to criminal damage and carrying weapons.
Other reports included breaking and entering, pulling brakes on trams and venturing on to the bus interchange to ‘turn off engines’.
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