He kicked a ball into it really hard and his little brother came in and told us. The dent in the tailgate is awful. We found out whose car it is and marched him round to apologise. The lady is baby sitting and didn't want to come out and look as it would mean leaving the baby in the house so she is coming round when the parents return. At best, it's a dent to be knocked out and a respray, at worst it's a new tailgate on a 51 reg Peugeot 206.
So we reckon somewhere between £200 and £1,000 worth of damage. He gets no pocket money to be stopped, he has just over £1,000 in an account that he doesn't know about, which was from a 10 year policy type thingy and is supposed to be for when he is older. What would you do? If we make him work it off, he'll be doing it till he is 19!
Dreading this woman coming round - we told her that we would pay for it, but I'm sure that she will throw a fit when she sees it, rather than appreciating our honesty!
And after he had been round and apologised and we had gone bloody mad at him he said "does this mean that I can't play football in the street again tonight"!!!!!