Teenager runs amok with digger
A 14-year-old has written a letter of apology to the owner of a JCB digger, after breaking into their grounds and driving it around, causing damage.
It happened in Stoke Canon near Exeter on Saturday [28 December], where the boy crashed into a tractor and a gate, before running off.
In a statement, police added the boy was “subsequently taken into police custody and questioned by police”.
“In agreement with the owner of the property, the boy wrote a letter of apology to the owner and to the witness of the incident as part of the restorative justice process”
PC Amelia Hawkins shared details of the incident initially, saying: "Yesterday I had to deal with a youth who was caught joy riding a JCB & caused damage to private property at 4am. Needless to say his parents were not amused & neither was he after a 10 hr experience."
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