🚨BREAKING: Hampshire Police are investigating Danny Tommo after he slashed an inflatable dinghy in the English Channel.
Possible charges:
1. Criminal damage (Criminal Damage Act 1971). Property “belongs to another” if anyone has custody or control of it.. the rescue worker on board meets that test. Maximum: 10 years.
2. Aggravated criminal damage. This applies where the damage is done intending, or being reckless as to, endangering life. The presence of the man still on the boat makes this charge available. Maximum: life imprisonment.
3. A lesser possible charge is obstructing an emergency worker (up to 6 months).
The concern among his supporters is that prosecutors will pursue the most serious available charges in order to make an example of him.