Police charge card-binge youth
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Police charge card-binge youth
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He is accused of dishonestly obtaining a limousine hire service, accommodation at a hotel, jewellery and a camcorder.
Seventeen year old Tom Smith, who stole his dad's credit card and went on a £12,000 shopping spree to Rome, has been charged by police.
The card was 'borrowed' from his father John, 49, while he was jogging - who described his son as a 'little s**t.'
The first thing Tom did with the card was book a flight from Stansted to Rome, booking into luxury hotels, travelling in limousines and dishing out thousands of pounds on designer labels over four days.
Mr Smith earns £100,000 as an investment banker
He reportedly spent £1,900 in Versace; £1,800 in Dolce & Gabbana; £800 in Prada; £1,632 for a Louis Vuitton bag; and £163 on Armani glasses.
He then splashed £300 on a limousine tour of Rome and booked into a the five-star, for £340.
Tom came back to the UK booked another limousine from Gatwick, picked up three mates in London, and went to Brighton. Once there they booked two £250-a-night rooms, according to the Sun this morning.
Next day, the teenager picked up a £860 Sony video camera before a limousine took the four home. The limousine hire cost him £1,983.
However the young man was unrepentant: "If Dad had got me these things in the first place I wouldn't have had to steal his card," he said.
When Tom got back home he was forgiven by his parents
He plans to keep the goods.
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