14-03-2005, 10:33
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Trespasser wins payout of £567,00 0
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A TEENAGE boy who fell through a roof while he was trespassing on private property has received £567,00 0 in compensation.
Carl Murphy, now 18, sued the owner of a warehouse after suffering serious head injuries when he plunged 40ft to the floor as a nine-year-old in 1996.
Victims of crime groups yesterday reacted angrily to the payout, which is 50 times more than the family of a murder victim can expect to receive from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.
Mr Murphy, of Seaforth, Merseyside, suffered brain damage in the accident which was said by doctors to have caused such severe behavioural problems that he was expelled from two schools in the two years after his recovery.
†œAfter all Iâ₠™ve been through, I feel I really deserve this money,ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šà ¬Ã‚Â he said.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...524886,00.html
I think I will stop playing the National Lottery and just go trespass on someone roof, hope to fall through and hey presto I am on to a winner! 
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