Vandal who scratched and damaged 20 cars in rampage ‘for no reason’ spared jail

A shopper vandalised 23 cars successful 2 abstracted rampages aft becoming abusive erstwhile asked to permission a store for ‘scaring customers.’

Kevin Myers, 62, carried retired his crimes ‘for nary evident reason’ successful the municipality centre of Warrington, Cheshire, successful February 2024.

Three weeks earlier his car-damaging spree, Myers became abusive towards shop-owner Waqar Qayyaaum aft being asked to permission his store for ‘scaring customers’.

Myers proceeded to harm the doorhandle of a BMW owned by Mr Qayyaum that was parked extracurricular of the shop.

And 3 weeks later, helium decided to vandalise 22 much vehicles with a crisp instrumentality for nary known reason.

Among the cars targeted were a Jaguar XF, an Audi Q5 and a 2023 MG4 Trophy.

Back successful March, Myers, who has bipolar disorder, was sentenced to 3 weeks successful jailhouse for harm caused to 3 of the vehicles.

But this week helium appeared earlier JPs implicit the remaining vehicles and was spared a further agelong inside.

As helium walked escaped from Warrington Magistrates’ Court, helium told staff: ‘Merry Christmas. I won’t beryllium seeing you again.’

Robert Earl, prosecuting, said: ‘Last January 23, the suspect went into a shop, became irate and started scaring the shop’s customers.

‘The shopkeeper has asked him to leave. He has past go verbally abusive and assertive and has gone extracurricular the store and attacked the victim’s car, a BMW.

‘He has grabbed the rider doorway grip and is described arsenic dragging the doorway grip and causing damage.’

Mr Earl noted that the vandalisation of the BMW was the lone conveyance damaged by Myers for which determination could person been a motive.

He said: ‘This is the lone offence wherever helium has deliberately targeted a person’s car. All the remainder are fundamentally randomly damaging the vehicles for reasons champion known to himself.

‘On February 12, determination are 5 of those. On that juncture helium was going astir Densham Avenue and scratching vehicles with a crisp instrument. Members of the nationalist recorded him and helium has been caught connected CCTV.

‘He was fundamentally going astir and damaging those vehicles by scraping them with immoderate benignant of instrument.

‘Similarly with the different blameworthy pleas, helium has been going astir scratching and damaging cars with immoderate benignant of instrument, again for nary crushed we tin ascertain, isolated from wanting to origin damage. We bash not person the full worth of the damage.

‘He has offended truthful often, offended against truthful galore antithetic people, 20 victims, who person had their cars damaged, putting the victims done the inconvenience of fixing them, and helium conscionable carries connected offending.

‘I americium trying to deliberation of a little emotive connection than rampage but that is efficaciously what it was, destroying vehicles for nary evident reason. It is incomprehensible to maine but it is not my occupation to comprehend.’

Myers was sentenced to 12 weeks successful situation suspended for six months and ordered to wage £154 to Mr Qayyaum aft helium pleaded blameworthy to transgression damage.

He bittersweet erstwhile convictions from 2017 for breaching an exclusion bid and possession of a bladed article.

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