Teenager fined for 'dancing like Michael Jackson' on police van

A drunken teenager has been ordered to pay £900 in compensation for criminal damage after he climbed on top of a police van and danced ''like Michael Jackson''. Benjamin Webb, 18, stood in front of the police riot van and then climbed on top when officers disembarked to move him out of the way.

The court heard he then danced on the roof ''like Michael Jackson'' with many of his moves involving ''pelvic thrusting''.

His drunken performance dented the roof of the vehicle and he snapped a windscreen wiper clean off when he slid down the front window to dismount.



Webb, from Stroud, Glos., pleaded guilty to criminal damage at Stroud Magistrates' Court and was ordered to pay £868 in repairs and £85 in costs. Defending himself, he told the court: ''I am sorry for what I have done.''

Louise Pinder, prosecuting, revealed that Webb committed the criminal damage in the centre of Stroud, Glos., in the early hours of November 1. She said: ''He proceeded to dance in a mode described as similar to Michael Jackson. The officers mentioned a certain amount of pelvic thrusting.

''Officers weren't impressed or entertained and they arrested him. Officers said they failed to see what was so funny that caused the defendant to laugh throughout the interview process.''