Parent reported looter to police

[drawboy]

Well this hero of a woman has restored my faith in parents. To have the courage to admit when your child has done wrong and to address the problem by handing your child to the police is one of the bravest things I have every heard. She will have praise and of course condemnation from many people from both sides of the argument.
I say well done you are a very brave parent and a first class citizen.

 

[mally]

Too true, now his dad can change his bedroom into a games room.

 

[Paul_Stewart]

And then you get the alternative viewpoint from someone who sums up everything that is wrong with the situation:-


The mother of an alleged looter who faces eviction from her flat now says her son is the victim of police brutality. Daniel Sartain-Clark, 18, was photographed bleeding outside a branch of Currys in Clapham Junction, South London, after it had been ransacked by looters. It is alleged he was attempting to steal electronic goods and attempted to resist arrest.

But his mother, Maite De La Calva, 43, claims police pushed him to the ground and struck him on the head with a baton, leaving a deep gash. She said his 18-year-old girlfriend, J-Niel Starkei, who was also arrested, was hit in the face and suffered a cut lip. Sartain-Clark denies burglary and violent disorder, and is in custody awaiting a further hearing on Wednesday.

In the first case of its kind, he and his mother have been served with an eviction notice as council bosses seek to turf them out of their £225,000 taxpayer-subsidised flat in Battersea. Spanish-born Miss De La Calva says her human rights have been violated and she is seeking legal advice.

She added: ‘It was brutal the way Daniel was treated. My child and J-Niel were in the wrong place at the wrong time. They were being stupidly curious.

"Stupidly curious" my arse.