Teenager in pink balaclava jailed for his part in shameful disorder in Bolton - and handed massive compo bill
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA teenager who donned a pink balaclava in a bid to 'evade identification' has been jailed after damaging two police cars during the shameful disorder in Bolton town centre.
James Nelson, 18, of Bolton, pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage during the disorder in Bolton on Sunday (August 4). At Manchester Magistrates' Court, prosecutor John Potter said that two police cars, a Ford Focus and a Peugeot, were parked in the Morrison car park on Black Horse Street. Read our live coverage as more suspects appear in court over disorder in Greater Manchester “On the first vehicle, there was significant damage to the windscreen, the side windows were smashed and the driver's side wing mirror was also damaged.
On the second vehicle, the back window was smashed and the near side window was smashed, with significant damage to the front window,” he said.
He was said to have no previous convictions. Mitigating, Gabriella Black said her client suffers from ADHD and issues with anger for which he was prescribed medication that he had ‘not been taking’. “This was in the context of being involved in a situation with a group of people,” she said.
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