Boy in court over stolen Cornetto

A teenage boy who ate a stolen strawberry Cornetto ice-cream has been given a conditional discharge for handling stolen goods.

The 16-year-old was caught by fingerprint analysis costing £650, according to his solicitor, and pleaded guilty at Gloucester Youth Court.

"I find it slightly perverse that such a huge amount was spent prosecuting," said Matthew Harbinson. Mr Harbinson said that there was no suggestion the boy had stolen the ice cream.



The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it was in the public interest.

On the same day at the same youth court, the solicitor also defended a 15-year old boy against a charge of criminal damage for writing his name with a Twix bar on the wall of a community centre.

The youth was arrested by six police officers and subsequently cleared the writing off the wall of Tewkesbury Community Centre and wrote a letter of apology. (See previous post).