Disowned Son Cleared Of Vandalising Father's Bentley And Lincoln

A teenager, accused by his father of deliberately vandalising his two prestige vehicles parked outside the family's suburban home, was cleared of the charges yesterday.

Sir Ricky Daniel Hearne, 19, of Gilliam Grove, Purley was reported to police by his father David, 64, who claims he caught his estranged son on home CCTV causing over £3,000 worth of damage to the cars.

After a trial at Croydon Magistrates' Court Hearne jr. was cleared of causing £1,920 worth of criminal damage to a Bentely turbo and £1,259 to a silver Lincoln (pictured being driven away by Hearne snr.).

Hearne snr., who has recently changed his name, told the court he has been a victim of a campaign of vandalism by the defendant, who he calls 'Ricky', even accusing him of blowing a vehicle up at Christmas.

The father-of-nine, who now questions whether the defendant is his biological son, installed CCTV outside his home after a series of attacks on his property.

After returning home from a trip to Israel on June 4 and finding the two cars damaged he viewed the recorded footage.

“I see Ricky come in and throw something at the windscreen and kick the wing mirror off and kick the side of the Bentley,” Hearne told the magistrates.

“The whole side of the car was kicked in, in two or three places and the petrol cap and back of the car had been kicked in.

“It was Ricky. I am one hundred per cent. I have now more than disowned him, I despise him.

“When someone puts a petrol bomb in your car on Christmas morning, you would.

“I have had seven (cars) done by him in the last twelve months.

“I have video evidence of him doing it. It is not fantasy or make believe. I just don't understand why he is doing it.

“The windscreen of the Lincoln was smashed in and the wing mirror had been kicked off.”

Since the allegation Hearne jnr. has lived at another address.