$20000 riot bill Parents’ anger at party boy
THE parents of a teenager who hosted a wild and boozy house party could be hit with a 000 bill from police. As Jo and Stephen Delaney vowed to discipline their 16-year-old son Corey, Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon warned the couple could be made to pay for their son’s mistake. “I have certainly called for a report to look at the costs involved and whether there is a way to recoup our cost, particularly around police vehicles being damaged,” Ms Nixon said. Mr and Ms Delaney cut short their Gold Coast holiday yesterday to confront their son. The couple were livid that Corey betrayed their trust by throwing a party at their Narre Warren home that spun out of control when a rioting mob of up to 500 youths pelted officers with rocks and bottles, and smashed police cars. “We’re absolutely disgusted that he could do this, not only to us but to our neighbourhood,” Ms Delaney said. “We organised for him to stay with a friend — not at our home — and obviously Corey’s gone behind our backs and decided somewhere along the line to throw a party.” Mr Delaney said he was so angry he had barely spoken to Corey, his stepson, who posted an open invitation to the party on MySpace. “He won’t speak to us and you can understand why, because I think he knows what’s coming,” Mr Delaney said. “We’ve had a lot of family and friends trying to talk to him to make him understand what he’s done. He seems very blase about it. “He’s got to start to show some remorse. We’re a family that’s …
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by kk on March 2nd, 2011 Tags: $20000, anger, bill, Parents, party, riot
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