numpty Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Not the sort of press we like to see... if it's accurate, which is always hard to know when you're only hearing one side of the story, I trust the club will have dealt with him appropriately. 'Well starlet attacks family homeApr 1 2009 by Graham Mann, East Kilbride News A RISING football star launched a terrifying tea-time attack on a family home in Calderwood. Motherwell FC under-19 and Scotland youth player Peter Innes left a mum and her three young children cowering in their Raeburn Avenue home when he used his talented feet to boot their door in. Single mum Jeanette McLean, 36, and her three kids aged 16, 13 and 10, were just getting over an earlier attack on their home when Innes and three other boys turned up at their door with trouble in mind. A few days before Christmas, on Monday, December 22, three bricks came crashing through their living room window, showering her ten-year-old disabled son in broken glass. Although the culprits of that particular attack were never caught, the family hoped that was the end of their troubles. But on Friday, January 9, they were once again targeted by violent yobs, one of whom was 17-year-old Innes, of 8 Orefield Place, East Mains. Mrs McLean and her children had just finished their evening meal when Innes began his onslaught. The terrified mum said: “He arrived at my house with three other boys just after we had finished our tea. They started banging on the door and were becoming more and more aggressive. My oldest son took his younger brother and sister upstairs and told them to lock themselves inside a room, then he went back down and tried to speak to them over the intercom. “It didn’t make any difference and they started punching the door even harder. I tried to speak to them but it was no use so I called the police. Eventually the door popped open and I stood in the hallway in case they came through the door. I was shaking with fear but I just wanted to protect my children.” Moments later the police arrived but that was just the beginning of the family’s nightmare. They have since had to leave their home and are now in temporary accommodation elsewhere in South Lanarkshire. Jeanette’s ten-year-old son is undergoing trauma therapy and struggles to sleep at night while her daughter is heartbroken at having to leave her friends and family behind and settle into a new school. Jeanette added: “The thing that bothers me more than anything else is that they knew I had a disabled child in the house but that didn’t stop them carrying out this despicable attack. They are allowed to carry on with their lives as though nothing has happened while my children have lost all their home comforts. The effect this has had on my children could last for years but Peter Innes can keep playing for Motherwell and live a happy life. That’s why I think it’s important that he is named and shamed.” The former St Andrew’s and St Bride’s High School pupil pled guilty to wilfully or recklessly destroying or damaging the property belonging to another and repeatedly kicking a front door of the house. He appeared for sentencing at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Monday and was fined £150 and ordered to pay compensation of £593.86 to South Lanarkshire Council. Motherwell FC declined to comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRoss Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 I can only hope MFC have dealt with this guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobey_Dosser Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Aye hopefully ditched... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottW1886 Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Disgusting. Sadly, his attitude seems to be very prevalent in Motherwell at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 I can't defend this guy's actions, so I won't. I did love this line, though: "...when he used his talented feet to boot their door in." I mean, anyone can kick a door down, but it takes years of hard work and training to kick it in the way Peter Innes did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TvTotherwell Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Git the wee shit outa the club, utter disgrace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 why was he kicking the door in? Is that some new pastime in Motherwell? just boot someones door in for no reason? shocking behaviour and hopefully sorted out by the club , and by that I mean his arse booted out the door, no matter how good he is or might be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ML1 Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Ah ive seen this before on here . His cousin logs on saying he was on his way to deliver a signed top to the Calderwood Pensioners Society for them to raffle off to raise funds for the bus trip to Ayr when he had to drop the blind man he was helping across the road because he heard a smoke alarm going off. Upon kicking the door in he realised it mustve been the tally van up the road he heard and not a smoke alarm the delirous woman (rumoured to be a benefit cheat) wouldnt see reason though and insisted on calling the authorities. Oh and it wisny Motherwell , it wisny even North Lanarkshire and the youth in Motherwell dont bother with doors , Buckfast and schemegrade Cocaine lets you march through brick walls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmjay Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 No excuses. Wonder what the "excuse" in court was...maybe he was pulled out his pram by his ears... The best and most appropriate thing MFC can do is to make sure he's very publicly dropped, as a warning to others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggischomper Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Shocking stuff. Hope he gets transferred to Airdire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 After the support the club continues to give Quinn, it would be a bit of a double standard if this guy was kicked out. However, I wouldn't hesitate to show him the door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmjay Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 After the support the club continues to give Quinn, it would be a bit of a double standard if this guy was kicked out. However, I wouldn't hesitate to show him the door. ...er...for him to kick it in??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzie Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 I was on the train going from Rutherglen to Glasgow a couple of months ago, and the Motherwell youth (dunno what age-group) team were in the same carriage as me. They were nothing but a shower of jumped-up wee neds, and it was particularly bad that they were annoying all the passengers on the train while wearing their MFC tracksuits. Frazzle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Why did you no just throw a hot dog at them Fraz? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRoss Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 After the support the club continues to give Quinn, it would be a bit of a double standard if this guy was kicked out. However, I wouldn't hesitate to show him the door. I don't agree with you at all , Quinn was at the time and still is a fantastic servant of Motherwell Football Club. Yes he made a few mistakes but nothing on the scale of what this guy is being accused (has been charged) with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numpty Posted April 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 I don't agree with you at all , Quinn was at the time and still is a fantastic servant of Motherwell Football Club. Yes he made a few mistakes but nothing on the scale of what this guy is being accused (has been charged) with. So you're saying kicking in a door is more serious than actual bodily harm...? (EDIT: er "more", not "less"...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRoss Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 It all depends on the intent I guess , I must confess on second read of the story it doesn't suggest he did anymore than attempting to kick down a door. It doesn't really explain what his intentions were. Think I got a bit taken in by the original story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yir Elder Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 At the very least the club should give him a severe talking to and warn him of the consequenses a repeat will have on his career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxi Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 I've seen them all in college, they think there all mental. Just as previously mentioned a bunch of neds really. But in this day in age who's footballing youth team isnt full of neds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niall Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 I've seen them all in college, they think there all mental. Just as previously mentioned a bunch of neds really. See them in uppercrust every now and again, and I have to agree there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 I don't agree with you at all , Quinn was at the time and still is a fantastic servant of Motherwell Football Club. Yes he made a few mistakes but nothing on the scale of what this guy is being accused (has been charged) with. He was convicted of beating a man unconscious. I would have have had him out the door there and then, regardless of his 'fantastic' service. Likewise, I wouldn't have let Fat Boab near the club after his Drunk Driving (and blaming the ref for it) escapade. Now, with the latest problem, the accused kid can justifiably turn round and say "I was just following the lead of my captain". If the kid get's the bullet, then the club is open to the accusation of double standards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLip69 Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 It all depends on the intent I guess , I must confess on second read of the story it doesn't suggest he did anymore than attempting to kick down a door. It doesn't really explain what his intentions were. Think I got a bit taken in by the original story. I dont think it's got anything to do with the intent, indeed I'm struggling to think of any beneficial intent from kicking down the door of a young family's home. It's the ramifications of his actions that this young thug should be paying for, a family having to be rehoused away from friends and relatives, leaving a heartbroken youg girl, at an impressionable age, having to make new friends in a different environment. A young disabled lad having to undergo trauma therapy, bad enough for someone with all their faculties but a huge step backward for a lad such as him. No, this young arsehole should be booted out of Fir Park forthwith and every other club in the land told to avoid him like the plague. His actions have changed this whole families lives, and what happens to him, he loses a couple of quid from his wage packet over the next few months. BOOT HIM OUT NOW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that hat Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 No, this young arsehole should be booted out of Fir Park forthwith and every other club in the land told to avoid him like the plague. ...and expect him to do what with his sordid wee life? Clearly MFC aren't making him work hard enough if he's got so much energy to expend kicking down doors and tormenting neighbours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellfan1984 Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 ...and expect him to do what with his sordid wee life? Not Motherwell's problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that hat Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 No, but it seems to be East Kilbride's and then the rest of society when we pick up the costs of his non-productive lifestyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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