October 19, 2011
St Giles Cathedral vandal jailed Comments Off
A frenzied church visitor who caused £12,000 worth of damage after smashing stain glass windows and chairs at an historic Edinburgh cathedral has been jailed for three and a half years.
Lee Peattie was sentenced to 42 months behind bars after he was found guilty of trashing St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.
Jurors at the city’s sheriff court heard that Peattie smashed 10 chairs and two stained glass windows while almost a hundred visitors looked on.
The 34-year-old, who denied the charges, was found guilty of malicious damage, breach of the peace and causing fear and alarm to tourists.
The court heard that Peattie, who represented himself in court, was in a state of frenzy as he wreaked havoc.
But when police arrived he became as “meek as a mouse”.
• Full story at Deadline Scotland.
• Picture: Wikipedia.
