A 12-YEAR-OLD boy was arrested after a brick was dropped from a motorway bridge.

It smashed the windscreen of a car carrying two off-duty policemen. The driver stopped the car and the officers chased after the boy.

He will appear before Wirral magistrates, accused of criminal damage after the incident at the Sherlock Lane footbridge above the M53 in Wallasey during the evening rush hour on Friday.

Superintendent Graham Yip said it was lucky no-one was killed.

“We know only too well what can happen when articles are thrown off bridges onto motorways, especially after a man was killed in Wirral three years ago in such an incident.

“Now we have two officers with a brick hitting their window.

“It was lucky they had the composure to effect an arrest which was a great piece of policing.

“Behaviour like this poses a great risk to the public.”

In 2004 Christopher McCaffrey, 33, died after a car battery was thrown through his windscreen on the A41 in Rock Ferry.

A 12-YEAR-OLD boy was arrested after a brick was dropped from a motorway bridge.

It smashed the windscreen of a car carrying two off-duty policemen. The driver stopped the car and the officers chased after the boy.

He will appear before Wirral magistrates, accused of criminal damage after the incident at the Sherlock Lane footbridge above the M53 in Wallasey during the evening rush hour on Friday.

Superintendent Graham Yip said it was lucky no-one was killed.

“We know only too well what can happen when articles are thrown off bridges onto motorways, especially after a man was killed in Wirral three years ago in such an incident.

“Now we have two officers with a brick hitting their window.

“It was lucky they had the composure to effect an arrest which was a great piece of policing.

“Behaviour like this poses a great risk to the public.”

In 2004 Christopher McCaffrey, 33, died after a car battery was thrown through his windscreen on the A41 in Rock Ferry.

I'm sure some of the bridges in Wirral are caged to stop people throwing stuff off them. It frustrating that the Crown Prosecution Service have only suggeted he be charged with Criminal Damage, Attempted Murder would have been more appropriate.

Nowt will happen he is to young, usual slap on the wrist..

I'm sure some of the bridges in Wirral are caged to stop people throwing stuff off them. It frustrating that the Crown Prosecution Service have only suggeted he be charged with Criminal Damage, Attempted Murder would have been more appropriate.

Hopefully this will make the kid see sense. A lot of kids of his age do silly things (not that this excuses him nearly causing a pile up). But the police should be targeting teenagers who throw pavement slabs of these bridges, these are old enough to know that doing this sort of thing would cause fatal consequences.

Also, as it was off duty police officers who caught him, he got charged, if it had been a member of the public, more than likey they would of been done for kidnapping.

This also happens on the Loop Line bridges. Had a recent one by Gateacre where there was a snowball with a stone inside and it went whizzing past the window. They didn't expect me to jump out the car aka police camera action style and leg after them. I think that enough was punishment enough seeing as they'd not actually damaged the car. :PDT11

This also happens on the Loop Line bridges. Had a recent one by Gateacre where there was a snowball with a stone inside and it went whizzing past the window. They didn't expect me to jump out the car aka police camera action style and leg after them. I think that enough was punishment enough seeing as they'd not actually damaged the car. :PDT11

You should of kicked there teeth in :handclap:

You should of kicked there teeth in :handclap:

Na, had no reason to. I don't normally go mental unless the car has been touched and in this case it hadn't. The sight of me in my suit clutching my steering lock which is shaped like a baseball bat hurtling towards em must have done their bowels justice enough :)

(It's the one on the right)

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I hated It when a yob would try and throw stuff at me while I'm riding my bike on the road!

Luckily they miss so I flip a finger at them.

They don't want a Maxi Molyneux patented left hook from hell.:evil:

A lot of kids of his age do silly things

Haven't we all? When we were kids, we got up to all kinds, the only difference during the 80's was instead of it being so 'public' (we are all more aware of it these days and probably unconsciously, are more pro active looking for troublemakers), we usually got up to stuff out of site, plus we were still fearful of adults finding out/ reporting us.

plus we were still fearful of adults finding out/ reporting us.

That was the thing caught by local Bobby Throwing stones at the windows on the New Leasowe estate (Late 50's) given a clip around the ear, told me Dad i had been given a clout from the Bobby, then got one from him as well, Didn't do that again.

People often say "I blame the parents" in cases like these but without actually understanding what they are saying.But why else has this kid not been taught that doing something like this is so dangerous and idiotic?

I'd feel like smashing the brick in half over his head and then when he comes round telling him that from a height it would have hurt even worse - now don't do it again. I'd hope some footage of what can happen will be shown to him in the presence of his parents who'd be left in no doubt what would happen in the case of any repeat offending.

Send him to Iran and have him stoned...

I'm sure some of the bridges in Wirral are caged to stop people throwing stuff off them. It frustrating that the Crown Prosecution Service have only suggeted he be charged with Criminal Damage, Attempted Murder would have been more appropriate.

Apparently the fule charge is "Criminal Damage With intent to Endanger Life" so I'll wind my neck in.