Jan 22, 2016

Buddhist monk goes on bizarre tyre slashing rampage because he stood on an insect

Telegraph
January 22, 2016

Julian Glew, 45, became angry and upset after crushing the bug

A Buddhist monk went on a bizarre tyre slashing rampage because he stood on an insect, a court heard.

Julian Glew, 45, became angry and upset after crushing the bug and decided to vent his frustration by piercing 162 tyres over a few days.

Glew, who used to live in a Buddhist monastery, has lived in a tent in woods for nearly a decade.

He was arrested several days after the incident last September in Pocklington, East Yorks., following a CCTV appeal by police.

Glew pleaded guilty to three counts of criminal damage last September, he was originally due to be sentenced on October 14, but failed to attend court.

"The incidents caused great inconvenience and financial loss to all those victims,"

Inspector Joanne York.

Instead, he went on the run from police for three months and was eventually arrested by officers in West Yorkshire earlier this month.

Appearing via videolink at Beverley Magistrates Court, East Yorks., on Wednesday, he was sentenced to 11 weeks in prison.

District Judge Fred Rutherford said: "When interviewed by police he said he was angry and wanted to take his frustration out on society without hurting people.

"He lives in the woods and is detached from society. He has lived that existence for 20 years and previously lived in a Buddhist monastery.

"I have noted the facts of this case, but I am still left here with someone who says he did not want to hurt anyone but went out of his way to affect 162 people by causing them massive financial inconvenience.

"He targeted vehicles randomly and slashed the tyres, that is not the actions of a person who lives for a peaceful co-existence."

Joanne Markham, mitigating, said Glew had suffered some mental health issues in the past.

Miss Markham said: "He has indicated that he feels he should go to prison for what he has done. He has no previous incidents on his record and he lives without means, not claiming any benefits."

Glew pleaded guilty to three counts of criminal damage and failing to surrender.

Inspector Joanne York, of Humberside Police, said: "Sentencing Julian Glew to 11 weeks in custody is good news for the residents of Pocklington and justice has been seen to be done.

"Vehicles were damaged over two nights in Pocklington in September 2015 which caused widespread upset and concern to the residents of Pocklington at the time. The incidents caused great inconvenience and financial loss to all those victims."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/12114198/Buddhist-monk-goes-on-bizarre-tyre-slashing-rampage-because-he-stood-on-an-insect.html

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