12:32BENJAMIN WRIGHT
Five bin bags
When asked about the trip to dump rubbish in the river, the youth said he and Cole began speaking about the rubbish but he couldn’t remember what time it was.
Youth: “We said who’s going to carry what bag and we went out, took the bags, took them and threw them in the river…..”
DC Saunders: “Did he turn the lights on?”
Youth: “No.”
DC Saunders: “Did you turn any lights on?”
Youth: “No, there was no lights in the living room.”
He added: “We were on about how many bags and what bags were there, where the bags were and what bags needed to be taken out. They’re just black bags, I don’t know what was in them, just polystyrene and broken toys. It was all the stuff in the back garden and we all bagged it up.”
DC Saunders: “Were you involved in bagging it up?”
Youth: “No.”
DC Saunders: “Did you see what was inside the bags?”
Youth: “No.”
DC Saunders: “How many bags?”
Youth: “Three, there were five left I think.”
DC Saunders: “But you took three?”
Youth: “Yes.”
DC Saunders: “What did (Cole) say about the rubbish?”
Youth: “He was just saying we need to get rid of some. It was going to cost hundreds, someone phoned up and asked how much it was going to take them and he said quite a few tonne.”
DC Saunders: “What did (Cole) say about getting rid of those bags?”
Youth: “He didn’t say anything… We just picked up the three bags, went through, went to the river chucked them out.”
The youth said he didn’t carry any of the bags to the river and Cole carried them.
He said five bags were left by the wooden fence in the back garden.
Youth: “I picked up two, (Cole) picked up one and I helped him get through (the front door). I passed them back to him… The back gate is loud and we didn’t want to wake anybody up.”
