Contributed by Rosie Cisneros
They call him “King Yob” around the streets – a name his reputation as a thug with robbery, burglary and assault convictions on his resume earned. Yet this teenager found the court on his side after injuring himself while trespassing.
Carl Murphy, now 18-years-old, fell through the roof of a warehouse building near Liverpool nine years ago. As a result of that 40-foot fall, the English teen now has seventeen plates in his head and a partially blind left eye. He sued the warehouse, arguing about the low barriers of entry. According to Murphy, if the fence were in better condition, it would have barred him from entering and injuring himself.
Murphy just received his £567,000 compensation last week. He then told the press he was going to buy a big house and a “flash car” with it and taunted local shopkeepers – claiming he’d buy them out of business.
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