Boy, 13, denies 19 counts of graffiti (From Swindon Advertiser)

Boy, 13, denies 19 counts of graffiti

1:07pm Monday 15th October 2007

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A 13-YEAR-OLD boy will go on trial after denying 19 counts of causing criminal damage by scrawling graffiti.

The string of charges covers about £4,500 of damage, with two individual incidents costing a total of £3,500 alone.

The offences date from between June 2006 and April this year.

He cannot be identified for legal reasons. Police raided the boy's home in Beatrice Street, Gorse Hill, in early April.

It is alleged spray cans, pictures of tags and other items were found in his bedroom.

They struck in the belief that the youngster was responsible for the tags LV, SCOPE and FELT - with LV having been identified as one of the six most prolific scrawls in Swindon.

At Swindon Magistrates' Court, Andrew Hobson, defending, said he had still not received paperwork from the prosecution.

The case was adjourned until November 5 for a case management hearing.

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