Two hoons have sparked fury in Melbourne’s north after a midnight rampage destroyed an area soccer pitch.
The 10-minute spree will value 1000’s to restore however a swift police response means the teenager drivers will likely be held to account.
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The hoons got here with a motive on Friday night time and adopted via, tearing up the grounds at Wallace Reserve in Glenroy simply after midnight.
And neighboring residents had been appalled.
“It is horrible. It is disgusting,” one resident advised 7NEWS.
And one other resident stated: “It was like watching a film and it was simply horrible.”
What the drivers hadn’t accounted for, nonetheless, was the police turning up simply in time.
The police arrested the drivers and impounded two Toyota utes.
“That was the spotlight as a result of I stated on the finish (of the rampage), ‘The place’s the police?’. And so they had been simply straight up the road and the (hoons) had nowhere to go,” the resident stated.
The native soccer membership was left devastated.
“All they’re doing is ripping up the bottom and getting enjoyment (out of it). However what it prices us is … cash,” John Saliba from Glenroy Lions FC stated.
Locals have been asking the Merri-Bek Council for a while to put in higher safety measures to cease hoons from getting access to the enjoying area.
To date these please give fallen on deaf ears.
The council says momentary measures are in place to shut off the reserve earlier than repairs happen.
“If we get a excessive fence across the space, that is the very best factor for us,” Saliba stated.
An 18 12 months outdated from Coburg and a 19 12 months outdated from Hadfield are going through a swag of fees, together with legal harm, trespassing, and harmful driving.
The drivers may even must pay nearly $900 for towing prices.
