Vandals invited to say sorry
Tuesday 12th September 2006, 11:28AM BST.
Members of the Lilleshall and Donnington authority had hoped to take a private prosecution against the two teenagers but decided against this because of the cost.
Two of a group of suspects admitted causing the damage, which saw main doors smashed, fires started and paint thrown at the Talbot Centre, in Lilleshall, but were only given a reprimand by police.
Now the council is writing to the youths’ parents asking them to bring the offenders before a meeting of the authority.
It will also ask for donations towards repairs, which the council has had to pay for.
Councillor Phil Norton had wanted to bring the civil action to show the council was “tough on crime”.
But councillors on the halls and environment committee yesterday decided the estimated cost of £10,000 was too much of taxpayers’ money to spend on the issue.
As an alternative they decided to send the letter and hopefully a meeting with the offenders would do some good.
Councillor Norton had said: “We need to send out a message that this is not acceptable.”
The pair, aged between 15 and 17, who admitted the offence were only reprimanded because the crime was their first offence.
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