A PUPIL at one of Britain's leading public schools has narrowly escaped a jail sentence after trashing the Bentworth house she was minding for family friends, abroad for Christmas.
Sandra Persson (18) was sentenced at Winchester Crown Court to 150 hours community service and ordered to pay £500 in compensation following the teenage party spree which left a £20,000 trail of destruction.
A full version of this story will be found in the Alton Herald of August 18, 2000.