Man Removes Wheel Clamp By Setting Fire To His Car
by Anorak | 28th, January 2011
TO Exeter Crown Court, where Torquay man Scott Smithers, 27, stands in the dock.
Having failed to remove the wheel clamp from his Metro with an axe (value of car: £120), Smithers set fire to a petrol-infused newspaper on the backseat and watched his car go up in flames.
He is said to have told police:
“My brain ended up being an idiot.”
Judge Paul Darlow sentenced Smithers’ brain to a high level community order.
Posted: 28th, January 2011 | In: Strange But True Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
