11 Year Old, Stupidly Damaged Door

[Clare5474]

My 11 year old son stupidly kicked someones front door. They are claiming he has caused a crack in the door.
The police have called me today saying the owner wants me to pay for a new door. I told the police I'm not doing that as the door was damaged I have pics of the door with screws and putty and also a crack which is the damage they claim my son did.
The lady rang the owner and told them I'm not willing to pay, she rang me back and said it will be passed on and my 11 year old will get a criminal record that will effect his life even after 18 it would be on a DBs and he wouldn't be able to get into uni. Is this correct surely not

[Peter Pedant]

I wd pay. He damaged it.The issue is you dont have that much money.

to wit - sullen 11 y o spent lu-lu you dont have.

the problem ( I speculate) is that sullen 11 y old maintains
"it wasnt like that mum. yeah. I saw the door was damaged and puttied and so I kicked finking dat didnt matter it was bust anyway. So it was damaged b4 I kicked it yeah? an' I wdnt have kicked if they hadnt called me a foo-ing fu-fu an I saw red because I am not yeah? yeah I saw red and fort - kick the door and not them. So I made the right choice yeah. I wd do it again, in fact I might go down there now"

pay.

yo should have said: "it never is your fault" and paid

[piggynose]

I wonder if we´ll ever hear from Clare again?

[zylaphone]

Wasn’t stupid, wilful damage. He must pay for it. Lesson in life

[gness]

You won’t,Piggy.

[smurfchops]

Pay for the door, teach your son right from wrong, or you will surely have police knocking on your door again.

[joko]

are you sure it was actually the police?

tell the neighbour youll take them to small claims and show proof that the door was already damaged, unless they drop all charges.

[barry1010]

joko, you can't use the small claims system like that

[Bazile]

You're a bit late here , aren't you joko ?

The kid is probably doing porridge already :-)