“if you are all so keen to defend this "good living, clean lad" then name him and let us all make up our own mind !”

“how terrible. he should be snorting ketamine and drinking to exess and driving around sainsburys car park, not getting stuck on the island!!

come on, it was a bit of fun! unleast its not another stupid act that we let slide, such as the s**t hole this place is!

get a life and learn to enjoy it. its disapointing to see so many boring old farts that cant just laugh it off.

well im off to get some drugs from the copper around the corner and maybe steal so cars, but aslong as im not startling a deer, or kicking a football a little to hard, think ill get away with it.”

“Yo. If this is what i think it's about, i'd just like to say that im quite good friends with this kid. He is not a bowkett, god forbid, nor is he a bad kid. He very rarely has a drink, doesn't do drugs (shame that), for god sake's he doesn't even smoke. He's very intelligent, and thought it would be a laugh. Well..it was. for everybody. so pull your head's out your backsides and lighten up for God's sake!!”

“Heh, well the comments are heaping now? Oh so fast.
I would just like to laugh at most of you, you are quite abusive and judgmental about people it seems? Its true what they say about the forest of dean and intolerance i see, inbreds and the like, always fun, Ciao.”

“As one who knows those involved in this piece of nonsense, I am sadly unsurprised by the instant, and unjustified, reaction of most posters here.

The young man in question is not 'trailer trash', is in fact far from it. He is an intelligent person, a student with serious potential to contribute to our world. He comes from a family who are supportive and certainly not a 'burden on the tax-payer'.

As to being out at that time of the morning, I myself am fond of late night/early morning walks, when everywhere is peaceful, and there is nothing wrong in that, as I would hope you agree.

On this particular occasion, a silly thought led to a silly action. There are few of us in this world who can say we haven't done something we regretted afterwards, something which seemed like a 'good idea at the time'.

None of you have the right to judge this young man, stereotype him and heap abuse on him, when you know nothing abut him. Yes, he made a stupid decision, but no true harm was done (except to his pride).

Perhaps those of you with such willingness to loose vitriolic comments might turn your attentions to important local issues such as drugs or the total lack of community in the area, rather than berating an otherwise exemplary example of our youth for one mistake.”