Scottish waitress who twerked on top of ambulance smashed up after England World Cup win is one of four people ordered to pay £3,000 repair bill
- Larissa Bell, 21, was filmed dancing on top of emergency vehicle on July 7 2018
- The ambulance was left with a shattered windscreen and dents in the bonnet
- She and three others, including a ‘Gareth Southgate lookalike’ were charged
- She, James Elton, 27, Scott Dennett, 25, Perry Kangyue Jian, 26, all cleared
A Scottish waitress who twerked on top of a smashed up ambulance after England beat Sweden in the World Cup has been cleared of criminal damage.
Larissa Bell, 21, was filmed dancing on top of the emergency vehicle after crowds spilled out onto Borough High Street in London on July 7.
She was accused of criminal damage after the vehicle was taken out of service for 34 days due to a shattered windscreen and dented bonnet.
Pictured: Larissa Bell, 21, is seen on top of an ambulance car outside London Bridge station in Borough High Street on July 7 as World Cup revellers cheer her on
James Elton, 27, (pictured after an earlier court hearing, right) who was wearing the Marks & Spencer waistcoat made famous by England manager Gareth Southgate at the time, stood on the roof of the ambulance before Larissa Bell (pictured arriving at same hearing) climbed on top, Southwark Crown Court heard
James Elton, 27, who was wearing the Marks & Spencer waistcoat made famous by England manager Gareth Southgate at the time, jumped on the roof of the ambulance before Ms Bell climbed on top, Southwark Crown Court heard.
Scott Dennett, 25 and Singaporean Perry Kangyue Jian, 26, were also said to have damaged the vehicle as drunken crowds cheered after England’s 2-0 victory.
Yesterday all four had the charges against them dropped on the strict condition they each repay £833 to make up for the damage – a total of £3,332.
A Crown Prosecution Service spokesman said: ‘To clarify, we discontinued criminal damage charges on the strict condition that the defendants each pay £833 towards the ambulance’s repair.
‘This was agreed by police and appropriate payments have been made.’
Mr Elton was wearing the Marks & Spencer waistcoat made famous by England manager Gareth Southgate during the Football World Cup last year
London Ambulance Service bosses claimed the vandalism ‘put a dampener’ on last year’s World Cup celebrations.
But football fans crowdfunded enough money to pay for the repairs, with Millwall supporters accumulating £10,000 alone.
A Skoda dealership also offered to repair the vehicle free of charge, so the money raised went towards restoring a historic ambulance instead.
Jim Sturman, QC, representing Mr Elton, had told an earlier hearing: ‘He is believed to bear a resemblance to Gareth Southgate.
‘When he was on the roof of the roof there was a lot of chanting of Gareth, Gareth.’
Bell, of East Kilbride, Glasgow, Dennett, of Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, Elton, of West Hampstead, north west London, and Jian, of Poplar, east London, had all denied damaging property at the earlier hearing at Inner London Crown Court.
Scott Dennett (left) and Perry Kangyue Jian (right) are pictured arriving at an earlier London court hearing
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