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1:55pm Friday 20th June 2008
A teenage girl who stole a £70,000 Bentley and was driving it when it crashed into a tree and flipped on to its roof has been locked up.
The 17-year-old from Holbury, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was part of a gang of three who stole the luxury car from a house in the New Forest.
Southampton Youth Court heard the teenager and another 17-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy, had been drinking before they came across the Bentley Continental in a driveway in Parsonage Barn Lane, Ringwood.
Watch a video of the aftermath of the crash
The defendant stole the car keys from the house. The gang also pinched a wallet, mobile phone and laptop.
She then took the car on a high speed driver through the Forest, the court heard.
Technology fitted in the vehicle enabled police to track it, which resulted in a high-speed chase involving three police cars in the early hours of April 15.
The pursuit only came to an end when the joy rider lost control of the powerful car on a bend on the A35 at Holmsley Hill ploughing into a tree.
The force of the impact broke the tree in half and caused the vehicle to land on its roof, and the pursuing police car then hit the tree lying in the road, injuring the driver and a female police officer.
Despite their injuries the officers raced to the Bentley to pull the youths from the wreckage.
The second police car smashed into the back of the first and the third careered off the road.
Damage to the police cars topped £30,000.
The 17-year-old driver pleaded guilty to taking a vehicle without consent and dangerous driving, burglary and driving without a licence or insurance.
She was handed a six-month detention and training order.
See a gallery of the damaged vehicles
The other 17-year-old girl from Bransgore was earlier sentenced to a four-month detention and training order after she pleaded guilty to burglary and aggravated vehicle taking.
A 16-year-old boy from New Milton pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods, allowing himself to be carried in a vehicle that was taken without consent, and driving without a licence or insurance.
He was sentenced to a 12-month supervision order and a three-month curfew.
Wewullywinky, says...
2:06pm Fri 20 Jun 08
wrong wrote:I know it's pathetic isn't it.
70k benltey wrecked 30k police care damage No insurance licence etc etc What does she get, 6 months detention
Simon, says...
2:21pm Fri 20 Jun 08
wrong wrote:Should have named and shamed.
70k benltey wrecked 30k police care damage No insurance licence etc etc What does she get, 6 months detention
c, says...
2:30pm Fri 20 Jun 08
Wewullywinky wrote:You nasty piece of work.
wrong wrote:I know it's pathetic isn't it.
70k benltey wrecked 30k police care damage No insurance licence etc etc What does she get, 6 months detention
As i said before should have let him burn in the car. It would have been alot cheaper for the tax payer.
nang, says...
2:32pm Fri 20 Jun 08
c wrote:What he said is the truth though, this is just a start of some yobs career and the start of misery for 1000's aroundthem
Wewullywinky wrote:You nasty piece of work.
wrong wrote:I know it's pathetic isn't it.
70k benltey wrecked 30k police care damage No insurance licence etc etc What does she get, 6 months detention
As i said before should have let him burn in the car. It would have been alot cheaper for the tax payer.
c, says...
2:40pm Fri 20 Jun 08
Banksy, C/Ford says...
2:46pm Fri 20 Jun 08
J, says...
2:47pm Fri 20 Jun 08
Wewullywinky wrote:Heck if you only get 6 months for breaking and entering and GTA, I might consider a career out of it.
wrong wrote: 70k benltey wrecked 30k police care damage No insurance licence etc etc What does she get, 6 months detentionI know it's pathetic isn't it. As i said before should have let him burn in the car. It would have been alot cheaper for the tax payer.
F the Politicians, says...
2:52pm Fri 20 Jun 08
c wrote:Oh Yes they did.
To say should have let them burn is sick, really sick, i am not condoning what they have done but they did not deserve to burn to death.
MA, Eastleigh says...
2:54pm Fri 20 Jun 08
tamara, hampshire says...
2:55pm Fri 20 Jun 08
Derek, Dibden Purlieu says...
2:56pm Fri 20 Jun 08
The second police car smashed into the back of the first and the third careered off the road.
C, says...
3:00pm Fri 20 Jun 08
F the Politicians wrote:Why go to live in France, there are prob sickos like you living there.
c wrote:Oh Yes they did.
To say should have let them burn is sick, really sick, i am not condoning what they have done but they did not deserve to burn to death.
Don\'t like it. Go live in France
St. Ray, St. Elsewhere says...
3:00pm Fri 20 Jun 08
F the Politicians wrote:We don't want bleeding heart liberals over here, thankyou!They should all stay in the UK, that's why we shipped out to live in peace, here in rural France.
c wrote: To say should have let them burn is sick, really sick, i am not condoning what they have done but they did not deserve to burn to death.Oh Yes they did. Don't like it. Go live in France
c, says...
3:01pm Fri 20 Jun 08
St. Ray wrote:Just proves my point.
F the Politicians wrote:We don't want bleeding heart liberals over here, thankyou!They should all stay in the UK, that's why we shipped out to live in peace, here in rural France.
c wrote: To say should have let them burn is sick, really sick, i am not condoning what they have done but they did not deserve to burn to death.Oh Yes they did. Don't like it. Go live in France
baconandeggs51, says...
3:10pm Fri 20 Jun 08
c wrote:but they didnt burn to death, " have i lost the plot ".
To say should have let them burn is sick, really sick, i am not condoning what they have done but they did not deserve to burn to death.
c, says...
3:14pm Fri 20 Jun 08
baconandeggs51 wrote:Yeah, think you have, try reading all the posts before you comment.
c wrote:but they didnt burn to death, " have i lost the plot ".
To say should have let them burn is sick, really sick, i am not condoning what they have done but they did not deserve to burn to death.
Gozza, Southampton says...
3:48pm Fri 20 Jun 08
You nasty piece of work.Right...so some chav scum steal and destroy someone else's property, and it's all "aww, poor diddums, we must be weak and liberal".
voiceofyouth, everywhere says...
4:07pm Fri 20 Jun 08
Lowe and behold, St Marys hotseat says...
4:24pm Fri 20 Jun 08
Dave, southampton says...
4:27pm Fri 20 Jun 08
c, says...
5:00pm Fri 20 Jun 08
Dowayne Neufville, Southampton says...
5:08pm Fri 20 Jun 08
Wewullywinky, says...
5:14pm Fri 20 Jun 08
c, says...
5:22pm Fri 20 Jun 08
Derek, Dibden Purlieu says...
5:35pm Fri 20 Jun 08
c wrote:Sounds as though you're on your own with this one. Why don't the other three letters of your name come up?
Oh please, listen to yourself.
c, says...
5:44pm Fri 20 Jun 08
Derek wrote:Oh derek, i bet your really proud of that aint you, well done, you are really funny you are.
c wrote:Sounds as though you're on your own with this one. Why don't the other three letters of your name come up?
Oh please, listen to yourself.
Derek, Dibden Purlieu says...
5:48pm Fri 20 Jun 08
c wrote::) :) :)
Derek wrote:Oh derek, i bet your really proud of that aint you, well done, you are really funny you are.
c wrote:Sounds as though you're on your own with this one. Why don't the other three letters of your name come up?
Oh please, listen to yourself.
True Brit, S'ampton says...
6:16pm Fri 20 Jun 08
St. Ray wrote:Yet another one who doesn't want to contribute to UK society by way of taxes or physical effort but feels that they should still have a say on how those of us who remain here should live our lives!
F the Politicians wrote:We don't want bleeding heart liberals over here, thankyou!They should all stay in the UK, that's why we shipped out to live in peace, here in rural France.c wrote: To say should have let them burn is sick, really sick, i am not condoning what they have done but they did not deserve to burn to death.Oh Yes they did. Don't like it. Go live in France
anne, slc says...
7:00pm Fri 20 Jun 08
no nonsense, says...
7:08pm Fri 20 Jun 08
anne wrote:i think they should be chained up in the street to be kicked to death
These kids know they can get away with this kind of behaviour,they should be made to pay the insurance companies back, over thier lifetime, if they are made to do the street sweeping and picking up litter or some other community work for which they would recieve money,that is taken to pay off the debt. even if they get social security, somewhere there has to be a consequence.
c, says...
7:29pm Fri 20 Jun 08
c wrote:Echo you have removed the post that i was replying to making it look as though i was swearing at them for no reason, they told me to go **** myself, just wanted to make that clear.
Its a bloody car at the end of the day, and if it was my car i wouldn't have wished them to burn in it. So go **** yourself .
Y dnt the police pay 4 damaging their cars, hants says...
8:18pm Fri 20 Jun 08
Anon, Southampton says...
9:25pm Fri 20 Jun 08
Y dnt the police pay 4 damaging their cars wrote:They had been drinking, had no license and were speeding... the police were just trying to stop the vehicle as quickly as possible before it ploughed into an oncoming car or crashed.
There is no mention of discipline concerning the police drivers,as the Bentley could be electronically tracked the police did not have to follow the Bentley so closely and if they were able to pull up within the distance that they could see to be clear on their own side of the road then no damage or collision would have taken place to the police cars.It seems tax payers and not the police drivers have to pay for the £30,000 damage they caused. These cars would also be out of service until repaired leaving less resources available to the public.
Council - WORKER, SOUTHAMPTON says...
9:36pm Fri 20 Jun 08
Mark R, San Francisco EX PAT says...
9:58pm Fri 20 Jun 08
wrong wrote:Its all too weird. Wreck a Bentley, go to jail. Beat the C**P out of some poor innocent and you practically get away with an ASBO. The law has got a flat tyre on the road of life.
70k benltey wrecked 30k police care damage No insurance licence etc etc What does she get, 6 months detention
i know best, dorset says...
10:56pm Fri 20 Jun 08
truth patrrol, soton says...
5:04am Sat 21 Jun 08
Sue, Southampton says...
7:48am Sat 21 Jun 08
THomas Downes, Southampton says...
8:27am Sat 21 Jun 08
huge sigh...what next?, Chandlers Ford says...
10:40am Sat 21 Jun 08
Ted, Holbury says...
12:07pm Sat 21 Jun 08
me, holbury says...
12:34pm Sat 21 Jun 08
Ted wrote:I'm from holbury, i dunno who it is, im 17 i dunno who it is, i probably went to school with her.....who is it??
The little tart is well known around Holbury. It won't be long before her name is in the public domain.
George, says...
1:51pm Sat 21 Jun 08
i know best wrote:Is knowing how to steal a key then start a car some magickal secret you learn when you're older then?
Yeah rite £70 grand car gets nicked owner has no alarm on house and 4 youngsters now how to steel the keys and start it up.
Come on people wake up the owner knows a lot more then he is letting on,work it out for your selves.
House Burglar, dorset says...
2:58pm Sat 21 Jun 08
George wrote:ask the owner he knows more then he letting on.
i know best wrote:Is knowing how to steal a key then start a car some magickal secret you learn when you're older then?
Yeah rite £70 grand car gets nicked owner has no alarm on house and 4 youngsters now how to steel the keys and start it up.
Come on people wake up the owner knows a lot more then he is letting on,work it out for your selves.
Blah, says...
2:22pm Sun 22 Jun 08
wrong wrote:Actually no... She got a 6 month DTO, meaning she got 3 months detention... The law is an ****...
70k benltey wrecked 30k police care damage No insurance licence etc etc What does she get, 6 months detention
Bambi, says...
3:43pm Sun 22 Jun 08
True Brit wrote:And what, exactly, do you "contribute" to UK society? Don't say "my taxes", because you don't really have much choice there. Given the opportunity, I'd wager you'd rather not pay them.
St. Ray wrote:Yet another one who doesn't want to contribute to UK society by way of taxes or physical effort but feels that they should still have a say on how those of us who remain here should live our lives!
F the Politicians wrote:We don't want bleeding heart liberals over here, thankyou!They should all stay in the UK, that's why we shipped out to live in peace, here in rural France.c wrote: To say should have let them burn is sick, really sick, i am not condoning what they have done but they did not deserve to burn to death.Oh Yes they did. Don't like it. Go live in France
Go and be french, learn the language, live the life and let go of the UK. You've made your choice now make the break! Goodbye!
George, says...
4:11pm Sun 22 Jun 08
House Burglar wrote:Given your record of being fundamentally wrong about virtually everything, I'm sure you'll excuse me for taking that with a generous pinch of salt
George wrote:ask the owner he knows more then he letting on.
i know best wrote:Is knowing how to steal a key then start a car some magickal secret you learn when you're older then?
Yeah rite £70 grand car gets nicked owner has no alarm on house and 4 youngsters now how to steel the keys and start it up.
Come on people wake up the owner knows a lot more then he is letting on,work it out for your selves.
True Brit, Southampton says...
6:35pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Bambi wrote:I do voluntary youth work, i'd like to say that i do something heroic to help dying kids, but i dont..but i at least do something... So what do YOU do for the UK..apart from slag it off?
True Brit wrote:And what, exactly, do you \"contribute\" to UK society? Don\'t say \"my taxes\", because you don\'t really have much choice there. Given the opportunity, I\'d wager you\'d rather not pay them. So what do you contribute, voluntarily, to our society? Amaze us allSt. Ray wrote:Yet another one who doesn\'t want to contribute to UK society by way of taxes or physical effort but feels that they should still have a say on how those of us who remain here should live our lives! Go and be french, learn the language, live the life and let go of the UK. You\'ve made your choice now make the break! Goodbye!F the Politicians wrote:We don\'t want bleeding heart liberals over here, thankyou!They should all stay in the UK, that\'s why we shipped out to live in peace, here in rural France.c wrote: To say should have let them burn is sick, really sick, i am not condoning what they have done but they did not deserve to burn to death.Oh Yes they did. Don\'t like it. Go live in France
Bambi, says...
10:32pm Sun 22 Jun 08
True Brit wrote:Me? I don't do anything. That's why I don't go around advising other people how to live their lives.
Bambi wrote:I do voluntary youth work, i'd like to say that i do something heroic to help dying kids, but i dont..but i at least do something... So what do YOU do for the UK..apart from slag it off?
True Brit wrote:And what, exactly, do you \"contribute\" to UK society? Don\'t say \"my taxes\", because you don\'t really have much choice there. Given the opportunity, I\'d wager you\'d rather not pay them. So what do you contribute, voluntarily, to our society? Amaze us allSt. Ray wrote:Yet another one who doesn\'t want to contribute to UK society by way of taxes or physical effort but feels that they should still have a say on how those of us who remain here should live our lives! Go and be french, learn the language, live the life and let go of the UK. You\'ve made your choice now make the break! Goodbye!F the Politicians wrote:We don\'t want bleeding heart liberals over here, thankyou!They should all stay in the UK, that\'s why we shipped out to live in peace, here in rural France.c wrote: To say should have let them burn is sick, really sick, i am not condoning what they have done but they did not deserve to burn to death.Oh Yes they did. Don\'t like it. Go live in France
louise, sholing says...
5:26am Tue 24 Jun 08
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wrong, says...
2:01pm Fri 20 Jun 08
30k police care damage
No insurance licence etc etc
What does she get, 6 months detention